The natural history of early-onset dementia: The Artemis Project

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Atkins, Emily R ^a   Bulsara, Max K ^b   Panegyres, Peter K ^a  

^a Neurodegenerative Disorders Research Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EARLY ONSET ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GLOBAL DETERIORATION SCALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84869753087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001764     Document Type: Article

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