Patients with dementia with Lewy bodies have more impaired quality of life than patients with Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-154

  Boström, Fredrik ^a   Jönsson, Linus ^b   Minthon, Lennart ^a   Londos, Elisabet ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b European Health Economics AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dementia with Lewy Bodies; DLB; QoL; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA WITH LEW BODY; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 34249939044     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e318065c4a9     Document Type: Article

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