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Progression of cognitive, functional, and neuropsychiatric symptom domains in a population cohort with Alzheimer dementia: the Cache County Dementia Progression study.
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry - 1 Jun 2011
Tschanz JoAnn T, Corcoran Chris D, Schwartz Sarah, Treiber Katherine, Green Robert C, Norton Maria C, Mielke Michelle M, Piercy Kathleen, Steinberg Martin, Rabins Peter V, Leoutsakos Jeanne-Marie, Welsh-Bohmer Kathleen A, Breitner John C S, Lyketsos Constantine G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Progression of Alzheimer dementia (AD) is highly variable. Most estimates derive from convenience samples from dementia clinics or research centers where there is substantial potential for survival bias and other distortions. In a population-based sample of incident AD cases, we examined progression of impairment in cognition, function, and neuropsychiatric symptoms, and the influence of selected...
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