Prevalence of dementia with Lewy bodies in an inpatient psychogeriatric population in Hong Kong Chinese

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 847-850

  Chan, Sandra S M ^a,b   Chiu, Helen F K ^a   Lam, Linda C W ^a   Leung, Vivian P Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese population; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROPATHOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; STANDARD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0036741120     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.716     Document Type: Article

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