Hoarding behavior in dementia: A preliminary report

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-289

  Hwang, Jen Ping ^a   Tsai, Shih Jen ^a   Yang, Chen Hong ^a   Liu, King Ming ^a   Lirng, Jiing Feng ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; COMPULSION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031660007     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-199800640-00003     Document Type: Article

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