A simple test of copying ability and sex define survival in patients with early Alzheimer's disease

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 485-489

  Claus, Jules J ^a   Walstra, G J M ^a   Bossuyt, P M ^a   Teunisse, S ^a   Van Gool, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033031455     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798007375     Document Type: Article

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