Validity of current clinical criteria for Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 174, Issue JAN., 1999, Pages 45-50

  Holmes, Clive ^a   Cairns, Nigel ^a   Lantos, Peter ^a   Mann, Anthony ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SENILE PLAQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032962151     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.174.1.45     Document Type: Article

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