Brain aging and dementia during the transition from late adulthood to old age: Design and methodology of the "invece.Ab" population-based study

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Guaita, Antonio ^a   Colombo, Mauro ^b   Vaccaro, Roberta ^a   Fossi, Silvia ^a   Vitali, Silvia Francesca ^b   Forloni, Gianluigi ^c   Polito, Letizia ^a   Davin, Annalisa ^a   Ferretti, Virginia Valeria ^d   Villani, Simona ^d  

^a Golgi Cenci Foundation   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c CGolgi Geriatric Institute Piazza Golgi 11   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain aging; Dementia; Longitudinal study; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; BRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84884488065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-98     Document Type: Article

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