Differences in survival between patients with dementia with lewy bodies and patients with Alzheimer's disease - Measured from a fixed cognitive level

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 408-416

  Stubendorff, Kajsa ^a   Hansson, Oskar ^a   Minthon, Lennart ^a   Londos, Elisabet ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Mortality; Prognosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856805730     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335364     Document Type: Article

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