A memory clinic for the assessment of mild dementia

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 104-105

  Swanwick, G J R ^a   Coen, R F ^a   O'Mahony, D ^a   Tully, M ^a   Bruce, I ^a   Buggy, F ^a   Lawlor, B A ^a   Walsh, J B ^a   Coakley, D ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0030138706     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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