EEG findings in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 401-403

  Briel, R C G ^a   McKeith, I G ^a   Barker, W A ^a   Hewitt, Y ^b   Perry, R H ^a   Ince, P G ^a   Fairbairn, A F ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Electroencephalography; Lewy body

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEMENTIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0032934805     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.66.3.401     Document Type: Article

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