Education and the course of cognitive decline in Alzheimer disease

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1198-1202

  Wilson, R S ^a,c   Li, Y ^b,d   Aggarwal, N T ^a,c   Barnes, L L ^a,c   McCann, J J ^b,c   Gilley, D W ^b,d   Evans, D A ^b,c,d  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5344275243     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000140488.65299.53     Document Type: Article

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