Awareness of disease in dementia: Preliminary results in patients with mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease;Consciência da doença na demência: Resultados preliminares em pacientes com doença de Alzheimer leve e moderada

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 114-118

  Dourado, Márcia ^a,c   Laks, Jerson ^a,b   Rocha, Marlos ^a   Scares, Claudia ^a   Leibing, Annette ^a   Engelhardt, Eliasz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Univ Estad Rio Janeiro ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Awareness of disease; Insight; Severity of disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 17444388835     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2005000100021     Document Type: Article

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