Somatotype in Alzheimer's disease

Gerontology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 200-204

  Buffa, Roberto ^a   Lodde, Marco ^a   Floris, Giovanni ^a   Zaru, Cristina ^b   Putzu, Paolo F ^b   Marini, Elisabetta ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b SS Trinit Hospital   (Italy)

^c Sezione di Scienze Antropologiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Health condition; Physique; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOTYPE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BODY COMPOSITION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOTYPES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34250657364     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100486     Document Type: Article

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