Awareness of olfactory deficits in healthy aging, amnestic mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1097-1106

  Bahar Fuchs, Alex ^a   Moss, Simon ^a   Rowe, Christopher ^b   Savage, Greg ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Anosognosia; awareness; insight; mild cognitive impairment; olfaction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL CAPACITY; METHODOLOGY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; ODOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AWARENESS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; OLFACTION DISORDERS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMELL;

EID: 84855170008     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210002371     Document Type: Article

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