Describing the dying days of "alzheimer's disease"

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-13

  Whitehouse, Peter J ^a   George, Daniel R ^b   D'Alton, Simon ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADL DISABILITY; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEMENTIA; DYING; HUMAN; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79955669615     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-101639     Document Type: Note

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