Association between cognitive function, behavioral syndromes and two-year clinical outcome in Chinese subjects with late-onset Alzheimer's disease

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 517-526

  Lam, Linda C W ^a,b   Leung, Tony ^a   Lui, Victor W C ^a   Leung, Vivian P Y ^a   Chiu, Helen F K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; BPSD; Clinical progression

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PREDICTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33746437522     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610205002930     Document Type: Article

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