Alzheimer's disease and anaesthesia [5]

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 692-694

  Collyer, Tom C ^a   Frater, R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; AGED; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOTE; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANESTHETICS, GENERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 34250360293     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem078     Document Type: Letter

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