Predicting survival in patients with early Alzheimer's disease

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 284-293

  Claus, Jules J ^a   Van Gool, Willem A ^a   Teuniss, Saskia ^a   Walstra, Gerard J M ^a   Kwa, Vincent I H ^a   Hijdra, Albert ^a   Verbeeten Jr , Bernard ^a   Koelman, J Hans T M ^a   Bour, Lo J ^a   Ongerboer De Visser, Bram W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Computed tomography; EEG; Prognosis; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 7344266885     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017073     Document Type: Article

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