Dementing disorders in the elderly: Evolution of disease severity over 7 years

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 221-227

  Agüero Torres, Hedda ^a   Qiu, Chengxuan ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical Dementia Rating; Dementia; Katz Activities of Daily Living; Mini Mental State Examination; Natural history

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RATING SCALE; SURVIVAL RATE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0036816691     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-200210000-00003     Document Type: Article

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