Diagnosis of irreversible dementia: How extensive the evaluation?

Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-55

  Robinson, Bruce E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; HUMANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0031960152     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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