Diagnosis and assessment of apathy in Chinese patients with Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 405-407

  Zhao, Hongyi ^a   Zhao, Zhongxin ^a   Huang, Liuqing ^a   Preter, Maurice ^b,c,d  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d GlobalHealthCare Shanghai   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's Disease; Apathy; Assessment tool; Diagnostic criteria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84862804207     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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