Young-onset dementia: Unanswered questions and unmet needs

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 1619-1620

  Levine, Deborah A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY HEIGHT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOTE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; YOUNG ONSET DEMENTIA;

DEMENTIA; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84884680718     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.8090     Document Type: Note

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