Survival after Initial Diagnosis of Alzheimer Disease

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Larson, Eric B ^a,b   Shadlen, Marie Florence ^a   Wang, Li ^a   McCormick, Wayne C ^a   Bowen, James D ^a   Teri, Linda ^a   Kukull, Walter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 1842487502     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-140-7-200404060-00008     Document Type: Article

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