The course of cognitive impairment in preclinical Alzheimer disease: Three- and 6-year follow-up of a population-based sample

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 839-844

  Small, Brent J ^a,b   Fratiglioni, Laura ^b   Viitanen, Matti ^b   Winblad, Bengt ^b   Bächman, Lars ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034086973     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.57.6.839     Document Type: Article

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