Association between memory complaints and incident Alzheimer's disease in elderly people with normal baseline cognition

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 531-537

  Geerlings, Mirjam I ^a   Jonker, Cees ^b   Bouter, Lex M ^b   Adèr, Herman J ^b   Schmand, Ben ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032927814     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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