Prevalence of non-dementing cognitive disturbances and their association with vascular risk factors in an elderly population

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 250, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 907-912

  Prencipe, Massimiliano ^a   Santini, Manuela ^a   Casini, Anna Rosa ^a   Pezzella, Francesca Romana ^a   Scaldaferri, Nicola ^a   Culasso, Franco ^b  

^a La Sapienza University ^*  (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circumscribed memory impairment; Cognitive impairment; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING TEST; STROKE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0041379880     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-003-1094-0     Document Type: Article

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