Aspects of dementia. A detailed phenomenological comparison of complex visual hallucinations in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 381-388

  Ballard, Clive ^a   Mckeith, Ian ^b   Harrison, Richard ^c   O'Brien, John ^b   Thompson, Peter ^c   Lowery, Kath ^a   Perry, Robert ^b   Ince, Paul ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Bensham Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOMENOLOGY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HALLUCINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; LEWY BODIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0031309719     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610297004523     Document Type: Article

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