Visual memory predicts Alzheimer's disease more than a decade before diagnosis

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1089-1093

  Kawas, C H ^a,c,d   Corrada, M M ^a   Brookmeyer, R ^a,b   Morrison, A ^a   Resnick, S M ^c   Zonderman, A B ^c   Arenberg, D ^c  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Diabetes Section   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BENTON VISUAL RETENTION TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0037426393     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000055813.36504.BF     Document Type: Article

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