Weight loss in Alzheimer disease

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Gillette Guyonnet, Sophie ^b   Nourhashémi, Fatemeh ^b   Andrieu, Sandrine ^b   De Glisezinski, Isabelle ^b   Ousset, Pierre Jean ^b   Rivière, Daniel ^b   Albarède, Jean Louis ^b   Vellas, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer disease; Caregiver burden; Elderly; Nutrition education; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOREXIA; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CAREGIVER; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0033978669     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/71.2.637s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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