Smell identification function as a severity and progression marker in Alzheimer's disease

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1157-1166

  Velayudhan, Latha ^a,b   Pritchard, Megan ^b   Powell, John F ^b   Proitsi, Petroula ^b   Lovestone, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b King s College London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; biomarkers; dementia; disease progression; olfaction; smell identification test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OUTPATIENT; SCORING SYSTEM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ODOR; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMELLING DISORDER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COGNITION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMELL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84885446510     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213000446     Document Type: Article

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