Neuropsychiatric symptoms and syndromes in a large cohort of newly diagnosed, untreated patients with Alzheimer disease

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1026-1035

  Spalletta, Gianfranco ^a   Musicco, Massimo ^a,b   Padovani, Alesandro ^c   Rozzini, Luca ^h   Perri, Roberta ^a   Fadda, Lucia ^a   Canonico, Vincenzo ^d   Trequattrini, Alberto ^e   Pettenati, Carla ^f   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,g   Palmer, Katie ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d Alzheimer Cattedra di Geriatria Universita Degli Studi Federico II Napoli   (Italy)

^e Alto Tevere Hospital of Città di Castello of ASL 1 Umbria   (Italy)

^f Alzheimer Center Hospital of Passirana di Rho (Milan)   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^h NONE

Author keywords

apathy; behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia; BPSD; cognitive impairment; depression; Psychiatric syndromes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; APATHY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; ITALY; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 78149282626     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181d6b68d     Document Type: Article

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