Rethinking the dementia diagnoses in a population-based study: What is Alzheimer's disease and what is vascular dementia? A study from the Kungsholmen project

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 244-249

  Agüero Torres, Hedda ^a,b,c   Kivipelto, Miia ^a,b,c   Von Strauss, Eva ^a,b,c  

^a AGING RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Mixed dementia; Population based study; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; DEMENTIA; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 33748203710     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094973     Document Type: Article

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