Observations on dementias with possibly reversible symptoms

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 323-328

  Farina, E ^a   Pomati, S ^a   Mariani, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Memory clinic; Reversible

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032734369     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03339807     Document Type: Article

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