Stage-specific gender differences in cognitive and neuropsychiatric manifestations of vascular dementia

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 433-438

  Xing, Yi ^a   Wei, Cuibai ^a   Chu, Changbiao ^a   Zhou, Aihong ^a   Li, Fang ^a   Wu, Liyong ^a   Song, Haiqing ^a   Zuo, Xiumei ^a   Wang, Fen ^a   Qin, Wei ^a   Li, Dan ^a   Tang, Yi ^a   Jia, Xiang Fei ^b   Jia, Jianping ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

dementia stage; gender differences; neuropsychiatry; neuropsychology; vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PARKINSONISM; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 84865632162     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317512454712     Document Type: Article

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