Sundowning and circadian rhythms in Alzheimer's disease

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 704-711

  Volicer, Ladislav ^a   Harper, David G ^b   Manning, Barbara C ^b   Goldstein, Rachel ^b   Satlin, Andrew ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0035015090     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.158.5.704     Document Type: Article

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