Prevalence and severity of dementia among northern Italian centenarians

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 416-418

  Ravaglia, Giovanni ^a   Forti, P ^b   De Ronchi, D ^b   Maioli, F ^b   Nesi, B ^b   Cucinotta, D ^b   Bernardi, M ^b   Cavalli, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033595236     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.2.416     Document Type: Article

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