Undifferentiated dementia, Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia: Age- and gender-related incidence in liverpool. The MRC-ALPHA study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 175, Issue NOV., 1999, Pages 433-438

  Copeland, J R M ^a   Mccracken, C F M ^a   Dewey, M E ^b   Wilson, K C M ^c   Doran, M ^d   Gilmore, C ^e   Scott, A ^f   Larkin, B A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c St Catherine's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d Walton Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^e CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g STEPPING HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032743201     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.175.5.433     Document Type: Article

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