Does treating Alzheimer's disease early, delay institutionalisation?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1307-1309

  Littlewood, Claire ^a   Seymour, Jeremy ^b   Owen, Victoria ^c  

^a SHEFFIELD HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHERHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LETTER; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649642204     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2446     Document Type: Letter

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