Longitudinal assessment of patient dependence in Alzheimer disease

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1304-1308

  Brickman, Adam M ^a,b   Riba, Aliza ^a   Bell, Karen ^a   Marder, Karen ^a   Albert, Marilyn ^c   Brandt, Jason ^d   Stern, Yaakov ^a  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLESSED DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036337868     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.59.8.1304     Document Type: Article

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