Stepwise comparative status analysis (STEP): A tool for identification of regional brain syndromes in dementia

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 185-199

  Wallin, Anders ^a,c   Edman, Åke ^b   Blennow, Kaj ^a   Gottfries, Carl Gerhard ^a   Karlsson, Ingvar ^a   Regland, Björn ^a   Sjögren, Magnus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b VARBERG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030447084     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089198879600900406     Document Type: Article

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