Time to diagnosis in young-onset dementia as compared with late-onset dementia

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 423-432

  Van Vliet, D ^a   De Vugt, M E ^a   Bakker, C ^b,c   Pijnenburg, Y A L ^d   Vernooij Dassen, M J F J ^c,e,f   Koopmans, R T C M ^c,e   Verhey, F R J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Florence Mariahoeve   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Kalorama Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic delay; early onset dementia; presenile; time to diagnosis; young onset dementia

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ONSET AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872115824     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291712001122     Document Type: Article

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