Survival of alzheimer's disease patients in Korea

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 219-228

  Go, Seok Min ^a,d   Lee, Kang Soo ^b   Seo, Sang Won ^a   Chin, Juhee ^a   Kang, Sue J ^a   Moon, So Young ^c   Na, Duk L ^a   Cheong, Hae Kwan ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

^c Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Dr Hwang's Neurology Clinic   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cross cultural comparison; Mortality; Prognosis; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 84874635043     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000347133     Document Type: Article

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