Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 11-24 , January 2010

Outcome over seven years of healthy adults with and without subjective cognitive impairment

  • Barry Reisberg

      Affiliations

    • Silberstein Aging and Dementia Research Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 212-263-8550; Fax: 212-263-6991.
    • ,
  • Melanie B. Shulman

      Affiliations

    • Silberstein Aging and Dementia Research Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Carol Torossian

      Affiliations

    • Silberstein Aging and Dementia Research Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Ling Leng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Wei Zhu

      Affiliations

    • Silberstein Aging and Dementia Research Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.jalz.2009.10.002

Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 11-24 , January 2010

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