Improving linear modeling of cognitive decline in patients with mild cognitive impairment: Comparison of two methods

Journal of Neural Transmission, Supplementa

Volumn , Issue 72, 2007, Pages 241-247

  Teipel, S J ^a   Mitchell, A J ^b   Moller H J ^a   Hampel, H ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; dementia severity; Longitudinal study; mixed effect regression; simulation study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 38449101382     PISSN: 03036995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-73574-9_30     Document Type: Article

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