A multidisciplinary memory clinic in a neurological setting: Diagnostic evaluation of 400 consecutive patients

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 279-288

  Høgh, Peter ^b   Waldemar, Gunhild ^a   Knudsen, Gitte M ^b   Bruhn, Peter ^b   Mortensen, Henrik ^b   Wildschiødtz, Gordon ^b   Bech, Rachid Azeddine ^b   Juhler, Marianne ^b   Paulson, Olaf B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Diagnosis; Memory clinic; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Reversible; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0032970856     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.1999.630279.x     Document Type: Article

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