Measures of psychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer patients: A review

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-30

  Weiner, Myron F ^a   Koss, Elisabeth ^b   Wild, Katherine V ^c   Folks, David G ^d   Tariot, Pierre ^e   Luszczynska, Halina ^a   Whitehouse, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Psychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0029958868     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-199601010-00005     Document Type: Article

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