Comprehensive geriatric assessment in female elderly patients with alzheimer disease and other types of dementia

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages 343-353

  Riccio, D ^a   Solinas, A ^b   Astara, G ^a   Mantovani, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Reparto di Geriatria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Comorbidity; Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA); Dementia; Frailty; Geriatric syndromes; Multidimensional evaluation; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLYPHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYPHARMACY;

EID: 33847038367     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.01.047     Document Type: Article

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