Education delays accelerated decline on a memory test in persons who develop dementia

Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1657-1664

  Hall, C B ^a,c   Derby, C ^a   LeValley, A ^b   Katz, M J ^a   Verghese, J ^a   Lipton, R B ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Epidemiology and Population Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; AGE; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 36049009008     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000278163.82636.30     Document Type: Article

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