An optical intervention for visual hallucinations associated with visual impairment and dementia in elderly patients

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 88-92

  Pankow, Laura ^a   Pliskin, Neil ^a   Luchins, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; VISUAL AID; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0030062516     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.8.1.88     Document Type: Article

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