Neuropsychological predictors of rapidly progressing patients with Alzheimer's disease

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-228

  Musicco, Massimo ^a,b   Salamone, Giovanna ^a   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a   Cravello, Luca ^a   Fadda, Lucia ^a   Lupo, Federica ^a   Mosti, Serena ^a   Perri, Roberta ^a   Palmer, Katie ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Executive functioning; Memory; Neuropsychology; Prognostic predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 77956464304     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319533     Document Type: Article

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