Variables which distinguish patients fulfilling clinical criteria for dementia with Lewy bodies from those with Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 314-318

  Graham, Candida ^a   Ballard, Clive ^b   Saad, Karim ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SR W Midlands Rotational Train S ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critera; Diagnosis; Lewy body dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSONISM; RATING SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0030889253     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199703)12:3<314::AID-GPS487>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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