An open-ended question: Alzheimer's disease and involuntary weight loss: which comes first?

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 192-197

  Inelmen, Emine Meral ^a   Sergi, Giuseppe ^a   Coin, Alessandra ^a   Girardi, Agostino ^a   Manzato, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregivers; Involuntary weight loss; Malnutrition; Nutritional support; Prevention; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY WEIGHT LOSS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RISK; SHORT SURVEY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77955391832     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03324796     Document Type: Short Survey

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