Prognostic factors in very old demented adults: A seven-year follow-up from a population-based survey in Stockholm

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 444-452

  Agüero Torres, Hedda ^a,b   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a   Guo, Zhenchao ^a   Viitanen, Matti ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 2642609469     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb02464.x     Document Type: Article

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