Prevalence and impact of medical comorbidity in Alzheimer’s disease

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2002, Pages M173-M177

  Doraiswamy, P Murali ^a   Leon, Joel ^b   Cummings, Jeffrey L ^c   Marin, Deborah ^d   Neumann, Peter J ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b POLISHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD CENTER FOR RISK ANALYSIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036200632     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/57.3.M173     Document Type: Article

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