I. Measuring the decline of a population of people with early-onset dementia in Lothian, Scotland

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 355-361

  Woodburn, Kirstie ^a   Johnstone, Eve ^b  

^a ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Early onset; Presenile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESENILE DEMENTIA; REGISTER; UNITED KINGDOM; ALCOHOL PSYCHOSIS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMISSION; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOSES, ALCOHOLIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0032586906     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199905)14:5<355::AID-GPS913>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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