History of dementia and dementia in history: An overview

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-133

  Boller, François ^a   Forbes, Margaret M ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Heterogeneity; History

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEMORY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; EGYPT; EUROPE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HISTORY, MODERN 1601-; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032581097     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00128-2     Document Type: Review

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