Association of brain pathology with the progression of frailty in older adults

Neurology

Volumn 80, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 2055-2061

  Buchman, Aron S ^a,b   Yu, Lei ^a,b   Wilson, Robert S ^a,b   Schneider, Julie A ^a,b   Bennett, David A ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTERIOLOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NIGRAL NEURONAL LOSS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879486721     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318294b462     Document Type: Article

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