Cognitive decline in ageing: Are AAMI and AACD distinct entities?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 534-540

  Richards, Marcus ^a   Touchon, Jacques ^b   Ledesert, Bernard ^b   Richie, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

AACD; AAMI; Ageing; Cognitive decline

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032791022     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199907)14:7<534::AID-GPS963>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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