Prodromal cognitive disorder in Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 556-563

  Touchon, Jacques ^a   Ritchie, Karen ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; Education; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SENILE DEMENTIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032768337     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199907)14:7<556::AID-GPS982>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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