Dementias that present with and without posterior cortical features: An important clinical distinction

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 98-105

  Royall, Donald R ^a,b   Polk, Marsha ^b  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031984826     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb01022.x     Document Type: Article

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