Greater prevalence and incidence of dementia in older veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1627-1633

  Qureshi, Salah U ^a,b,c,d   Kimbrell, Timothy ^d,e,f   Pyne, Jeffrey M ^e,f   Magruder, Kathy M ^g   Hudson, Teresa J ^e,f   Petersen, Nancy J ^a,c   Yu, Hong Jen ^a   Schulz, Paul E ^b,c   Kunik, Mark E ^a,c,d  

^a Health Services Research and Development Service   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^e CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^g MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; posttraumatic stress disorder; veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGED; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 77956302077     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02977.x     Document Type: Article

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