Dementia in the oldest old: A multi-factorial and growing public health issue

Alzheimer's Research and Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Gardner, Raquel C ^a   Valcour, Victor ^a,b   Yaffe, Kristine ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE RESERVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIRIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATION; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LEWY BODY; MIXED DEPRESSION AND DEMENTIA; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84879950313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17589193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/alzrt181     Document Type: Review

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