Personality change precedes clinical diagnosis of dementia of the Alzheimer type

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Balsis, Steve ^a   Carpenter, Brian D ^a   Storandt, Martha ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 14744278763     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/60.2.P98     Document Type: Article

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