Vascular dementia

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7025, 1996, Pages 227-231

  Amar, Khaled ^a   Wilcock, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

AGE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTICOAGULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 0030050262     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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