Unawareness of memory impairment in dementia: A population-based study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 931-939

  Mograbi, Daniel C ^a   Ferri, Cleusa P ^a   Sosa, Ana L ^a   Stewart, Robert ^a   Laks, Jerson ^b   Brown, Richard ^a   Morris, Robin G ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

10 66; Alzheimer's disease; anosognosia; insight

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH UNAWARENESS; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84860192090     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211002730     Document Type: Article

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