Clinical and anatomical correlates of gait dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 495-505

  Olazarán, Javier ^a,b   Hernández Tamames, Juan Antonio ^a   Molina, Elena ^a   García Polo, Pablo ^a   Dobato, José Luis ^a   Álvarez Linera, Juan ^a   Martínez Martín, Pablo ^a  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; diffusion tensor imaging; gait dysfunction; inpatients; nursing homes; outpatients; primary senile degenerative dementia; volumetry

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MEMANTINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARKINSONISM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84872468167     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2012-121207     Document Type: Article

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