Behavioral differences between frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease: A comparison on the BEHAVE-AD rating scale

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-162

  Mendez, Mario F ^a,b,d   Perryman, Kent M ^a,b   Miller, Bruce L ^a,c   Cummings, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031901933     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610298005262     Document Type: Article

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