Nutritional assessment of demented patients: A descriptive study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 148-153

  Magri, Flavia ^a   Borza, Angela ^a   del Vecchio, Stefania ^a   Chytiris, Spyridon ^a   Cuzzoni, Giovanni ^a   Busconi, Lorena ^a   Rebesco, Anna ^a   Ferrari, Ettore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Dementia; Elderly; Malnutrition; Mini nutritional assessment (MNA); Nutritional supplements

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037707080     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324493     Document Type: Article

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