Clinical findings, functional abilities and caregiver distress in the early stage of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer's disease (AD)

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Ricci, Monica ^a   Guidoni, Silvia Vittoria ^b   Sepe Monti, Micaela ^b   Bomboi, Giuseppe ^b   Antonini, Giovanni ^b   Blundo, Carlo ^c   Giubilei, Franco ^b  

^a REGINA APOSTOLORUM HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiver's distress; Cognitive decline; Dementia with Lewy Bodies; Functional abilities; Neuropsychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; APATHY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67649682950     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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