Cognitive Decline From Estimated Premorbid Status Predicts Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's Disease

Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-124

  Almkvist, Ove ^a,b   Tallberg, Ing Mari ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Clinical Neuroscience ^*  (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; cognitive function; premorbid function

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 59049088427     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014074     Document Type: Article

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