Longitudinal EEG findings in dementia related to the parietal brain syndrome and the degree of dementia

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 199-204

  Edman, Åke ^a,b   Matousek, Milos ^a   Sjögren, Magnus ^a   Wallin, Anders ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b VARBERG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Regional brain syndromes; Slow wave activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; DEMENTIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

AGED; BRAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031840387     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017047     Document Type: Article

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