Delusions of theft in dementia of the Alzheimer type: A preliminary report

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 110-112

  Hwang, Jen Ping ^b   Yang, Cheng Hong ^b   Tsai, Shih Jen ^a   Liu, King Ming ^b  

^a Taichung Provincial Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Delusions of theft; Dementia of the Alzheimer type

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELUSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THEFT;

EID: 0030970537     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-199706000-00008     Document Type: Article

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