A case of reversible steroid dementia

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-171

  Varney, Nils R ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0030938241     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6177(96)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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