Dementia: Diagnostics, early treatment, and assistance from family members

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 94, Issue SUPPL. 168, 1996, Pages 2-22

  Wahlund, L O ^a   Winblad, B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dementia; Diagnostics; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; AGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; TACRINE;

EID: 0030345103     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1996.tb00366.x     Document Type: Article

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