Association between atrial fibrillation and dementia in the general population

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1288-1294

  De Bruijn, Renée F A G ^a   Heeringa, Jan ^a   Wolters, Frank J ^a   Franco, Oscar H ^a   Stricker, Bruno H C ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Koudstaal, Peter J ^a   Ikram, M Arfan ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DSM-III-R; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; AGE; COMORBIDITY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK;

EID: 84946761387     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: 21686157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.2161     Document Type: Article

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