The effect of anxiety and depression on decline of memory function in Alzheimer's disease

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1142-1147

  Bierman, E J M ^a   Comijs, H C ^a,b   Jonker, C ^a   Scheltens, P ^c   Beekman, A T F ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GGZ InGeest   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Anxiety; Depression; Memory function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MEMORY; PREDICTION; RECALL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 75149161365     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209990512     Document Type: Article

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