Cerebrometabolic aspects of delirium in relationship to dementia

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 335-338

  Blass, John P ^a   Gibson, Gary E ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Delirium; Dementia; Hypoxia; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; BRAIN; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; HUMANS;

EID: 0032809478     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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