Regional white matter lesions predict falls in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment and alzheimer's disease

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-41

  Ogama, Noriko ^a   Sakurai, Takashi ^a   Shimizu, Atsuya ^a   Toba, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amnestic mild cognitive impairment; Falls; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN STEM; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARIETAL LOBE; POLYPHARMACY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; TUMOR VOLUME; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; AMNESTIC MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; FALLS; WHITE MATTER LESIONS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYPHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84890689894     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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