Predicting aberrant behavior in Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 162-170

  Swearer, Joan M ^a   Hoople, Nancy E ^a   Kane, Kevin J ^a   Drachman, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aberrant behavior; Alzheimer's disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; ONSET AGE; PARANOIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030055401     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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