Search for dissertations about: "R Palmer"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words R Palmer.

2. 1. Early detection of Alzheimer's disease and dementia in the general population : results from the Kungsholmen project

   Author : Katie Palmer; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Mild cognitive impairment; Alzheimer s disease; dementia; epidemiology; population-based study; aging; cognition; geriatrics; neuropsychology;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis investigates early predictors of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and dementia in the general population, and verifies the accuracy of different syndromes of cognitive impairment for predicting progression to dementia in a dementia-free cohort of 1435 persons aged 75-95 from the Kungsholmen Project, Stockholm, Sweden. Persons were reexamined after 3 and 6 years to detect incident cases of dementia and AD (DSM-III-R criteria). READ MORE