Memory clinic - An out-patient clinic for diagnosing dementia;Hukommelsesklinikk - Poliklinisk utredning ved mistanke om demens

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 117, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 3678-3680

  Øksengård, Anne Rita ^a   Brækhus, Anne ^a   Engedal, Knut ^a   Laake, Knut ^a  

^a Geriatrisk avdeling   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; NORWAY; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0031580873     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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