Prognostic factors for weight loss over 1-year period in patients recently diagnosed with mild Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-275

  Hansen, Marie Louise H ^a   Waldorff, Frans B ^a,b   Waldemar, Gunhild ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; prospective study; social factors; weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 80052272703     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e3182096624     Document Type: Article

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