Managing Alzheimer's disease: Global care and support program;Projet de soin et de suivi dans la maladie d'Alzheimer

Revue du Praticien

Volumn 55, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1903-1911

  Nourhashémi, Fati ^a,b   Gillette, Sophie ^a,b   Andrieu, Sandrine ^b,c  

^a Pôle Gérontologique des Hôpitaux de Toulouse P B Vellas   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPILEPSY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 28244437021     PISSN: 00352640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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