Premorbid personality predicts level of rated personality change in patients with Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-19

  Dawson, Deborah V ^a   Welsh Bohmer, Kathleen A ^b   Siegler, Ilene C ^b,c  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Informant rating; NEO Personality Inventory; Premorbid personality patterns.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034048394     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-200001000-00002     Document Type: Article

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