Asymptomatic Spontaneous Cerebral Emboli Predict Cognitive and Functional Decline in Dementia

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 339-344

  Purandare, Nitin ^a   Voshaar, Richard C Oude ^a   Morris, Julie ^b   Byrne, Jane E ^a   Wren, Joanne ^b   Heller, Richard F ^a   McCollum, Charles N ^b   Burns, Alistair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; cerebral emboli; progression; vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34548826231     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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