Subgroups of Alzheimer's disease: Stability of empirical clusters over time

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 651-661

  Peter, Jessica ^a,b   Abdulkadir, Ahmed ^a,b   Kaller, Christoph ^a   Kümmerer, Dorothee ^a   Hüll, Michael ^a   Vach, Werner ^b   Klöppel, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; atypical AD; cluster analysis; clustering; subgroups; subtypes; typical AD

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; RECALL; WORKING MEMORY; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84916931372     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-140261     Document Type: Article

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