Cognitive impairment and infectious burden in the elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 419-423

  Strandberg, T E ^a   Pitkala, K H ^a   Linnavuori, K ^a   Tilvis, R S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Infectious burden in the elderly; Viral seropositivities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST OF ILLNESS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 3042553982     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2004.04.053     Document Type: Article

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