Lewy body disease: Can we diagnose it?

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 405-412

  Papka, Michelle ^a   Rubio, Ana ^a   Schiffer, Randolph B ^a   Cox, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031790650     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.10.4.405     Document Type: Article

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