Grouping and trajectories of the neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with Alzheimer's disease, Part I: Symptom clusters

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1157-1167

  Garre Olmo, Josep ^a,b   López Pousa, Secundino ^a,c   Vilalta Franch, Joan ^a,c   De Gracia Blanco, Manuel ^b   Vilarrasa, Antoni Bulbena ^d  

^a Hospital de Santa Caterina   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c Dementia Unit   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; longitudinal study; mood disorders; neurobehavioral manifestations; psychotic disorders; statistical factor analysis; statistical model

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS OF DEMENTIA; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSIS;

EID: 79751478702     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-101212     Document Type: Article

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