The relationship between memory complaints, perceived quality of life and mental health in apolipoprotein eε4 carriers and non-carriers

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-79

  Sohrabi, Hamid R ^a,b   Bates, Kristyn A ^a,b,c   Rodrigues, Mark ^a,b,c   Taddei, Kevin ^a,b,c   Martins, Georgia ^a,b,c   Laws, Simon M ^c,d   Lautenschlager, Nicola T ^a,e,f   Dhaliwal, Satvinder S ^g   Foster, Jonathan K ^b,c   Martins, Ralph N ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b HOLLYWOOD PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Anxiety; APOE 4; Depression; Health related quality of life (HRQL); Subjective memory complaints

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4 EPSILON GENE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SUBJECTIVE MEMORY COMPLAINT;

EID: 67650866235     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2009-1018     Document Type: Article

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