Distinction between preclinical Alzheimer's disease and depression

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 479-484

  Visser, Pieter Jelle ^a   Verhey, Frans R J ^a   Ponds, Rudolf W H M ^a   Kester, Arnold ^b   Jolles, Jellemer ^a  

^a Pain Management and Research Center   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Depression; Preclinical dementia; Prodrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034022656     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb04992.x     Document Type: Article

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