Gait and Apathy as Relevant Symptoms of Subcortical Vascular Dementia

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 390-399

  Moretti, Rita ^a   Cavressi, Monica ^b   Tomietto, Paola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

apathy; equilibrium; gait; ischemic white matter lesions; subcortical vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HALOPERIDOL; OLANZAPINE; PROMAZINE; QUETIAPINE;

AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCORTICAL VASCULAR DEMENTIA; TINETTI (ASSESSMENT); BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APATHY; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84930512975     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317514550329     Document Type: Article

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