Clinical Lewy body dementia and the impact of vascular components

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-49

  Londos, Elisabet ^a   Passant, Ulla ^a   Brun, Arne ^a   Gustafson, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADL function; Alzheimer's disease; Differential diagnosis; Ischaemic score; Lewy body dementia; Parkinsonism; White matter disease

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CADAVER; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; PARKINSONISM; RATING SCALE; SWEDEN; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0033980517     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(200001)15:1<40::AID-GPS74>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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