Epidemiology of vascular dementia: Some results despite research limitations

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1999, Pages

  Agüero Torres, Hedda ^a,b   Winblad, Bengt ^a,b   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SWEDEN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SWEDEN; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0033202382     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-199912003-00004     Document Type: Article

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