Assessing dementia. Part i: Difficulties, definitions and differential diagnosis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 142-174

  McLean, Steve ^a  

^a Hillcrest Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023354880     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048678709160910     Document Type: Review

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