The clinician assessment of fluctuation and the one day fluctuation assessment scale: Two methods to assess fluctuating confusion in dementia

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 177, Issue SEPT, 2000, Pages 252-256

  Walker, M P ^a   Ayre, G A ^a   Cummings, J L ^a   Wesnes, K ^a   McKeith, I G ^a   O'Brien, J T ^a   Ballard, C G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0033826348     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.177.3.252     Document Type: Article

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