Differential diagnosis in dementia

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 186-189

  Cras, Patrick ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dementia; Diagnostic criteria; Diagnostic tests; Imaging; Memory loss

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032085274     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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