The influence of Co-morbidity and frailty on the clinical manifestation of patients with Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 501-509

  Oosterveld, Saskia M ^a   Kessels, Roy P C ^a,b   Hamel, Renske ^c   Ramakers, Inez H G B ^c   Aalten, Pauline ^c   Verhey, Frans R J ^c   Sistermans, Nicole ^d   Smits, Lieke L ^d   Pijnenburg, Yolande A ^d   Van Der Flier, Wiesje M ^d,e   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^a   Melis, René J F ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Alzheimer's disease; co morbidity; cognitive performance; dementia; frailty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUMULATIVE ILLNESS RATING SCALE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR DEMENTIA; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RATING SCALE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84916896560     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-140138     Document Type: Article

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