Hallucinations in the vision-impaired elderly: The charles bonnet syndrome

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 74-78

  Mojica, Tanisha Robinson ^a   Bailey, Patricia Polgar ^b,c  

^a Black Infant Mortality Reduction Resource Center   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine John A Burns School of Medicine The Queen s Medical Center   (United States)

^c University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034242465     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006205-200025080-00004     Document Type: Article

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