The prevalence, assessment and associations of falls in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-103

  Ballard, Clive G ^a   Shaw, Fiona ^b   Lowery, Kathleen ^b   McKeith, Ian ^b   Kenny, Roseanne ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Falls; Lewy bodies

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSONISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0032986429     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017108     Document Type: Article

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