Analyses of diagnostic patterns at 30 alzheimer's disease centers in the US

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-27

  Steenland, Kyle ^a,b   MacNeil, Jessica ^a   Bartell, Scott ^c   Lah, James ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; UNITED STATES; US ALZHEIMER DISEASE CENTER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950036042     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000302844     Document Type: Article

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