Late paraphrenia: A variant of schizophrenia manifest in late life or an organic clinical syndrome? A review of recent evidence

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 775-784

  Roth, Martin ^a,c   Kay, D W K ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Brain imaging; Classification; Cognition; Delusional disorder; Elderly; Late paraphrenia; Organic brain disease; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031742976     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(1998110)13:11<775::AID-GPS868>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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