Evolution of cognitive deficits and conversion to dementia in patients with mild cognitive impairment: A very-long-term follow-up study

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 380-391

  Hodges, John R ^a,b   Erzinçlioǧlu, Sharon ^a   Patterson, Karalyn ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Memory; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33646707280     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092534     Document Type: Article

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