Association between comorbidity burden and rapid cognitive decline in individuals with mild to moderate alzheimer's disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 543-547

  Aubert, Lauren ^a   Pichierri, Sophie ^a   Hommet, Caroline ^b   Camus, Vincent ^b   Berrut, Gilles ^a   De Decker, Laure ^a  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; comorbidity; rapid cognitive decline

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMORBIDITY BURDEN; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KATZ INDEX; LAWTON INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; RAPID COGNITIVE DECLINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE COURSE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84925304466     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13314     Document Type: Article

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