Is delirium different when it occurs in dementia? A study using the delirium rating scale

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-204

  Trzepacz, Paula T ^a   Mulsant, Benoit H ^b   Dew, Mary Amanda ^b   Pasternak, Rona ^b   Sweet, Robert A ^b   Zubenko, George S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0031744463     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.10.2.199     Document Type: Article

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