The Pattern of Cognitive-Functional Decline in Elderly Essential Tremor Patients: An Exploratory-Comparative Study With Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Disease Patients

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 238-242

  Frisina, Pasquale G ^a,b   Tse, Winona ^a,b   Hälbig, Thomas D ^c   Libow, Leslie S ^a,b  

^a Jewish Home and Hospital   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

cognitive impairment; Essential tremor; functional disability; movement disorders

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLOTHING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TIME PERCEPTION; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE;

EID: 65449139608     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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