More severe functional impairment in dementia with Lewy bodies than Alzheimer disease is related to extrapyramidal motor dysfunction

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 582-588

  McKeith, Ian G ^a   Rowan, Elise ^a   Askew, Kristina ^a   Naidu, Anitha ^a   Allan, Louise ^a   Barnett, Nicky ^a   Lett, Debbie ^a   Mosimann, Urs P ^a   Burn, David ^a   O'Brien, John T ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; AD; DLB; Functional impairment; NPI; UPDRS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; ORIENTATION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE;

EID: 33745813555     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000216177.08010.f4     Document Type: Article

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