Dementia: Diagnosis and management in the elderly

Consultant

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1018-1038

  Ham, Richard J ^a,b,c  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State Univ New York Hlth Sci Ctr ^*  (United States)

^c Alzheimer's Dis Assit Ctr C   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; DONEPEZIL; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SELEGILINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TACRINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0031296060     PISSN: 00107069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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