Publication details
Alzheimer disease: Malnutrition and Nutritional Support
| Authors | |
|---|---|
| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Field | Psychiatry, sexuology |
| Keywords | Alzheimers disease; MMSE; MNA; nutrition support; sipping |
| Description | Alzheimers disease (AD) is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system and its progression is often connected with a development of severe malnutrition. However, sufficient data on nutritional state and intervention regarding the progression of AD are not yet available. The aim of the present study was to assess the relationship between nutritional support and the improvement, or the maintenance, of patients health. |