The incidence of reversible dementia in 145 patients referred on suspicion of dementia;Forekomsten af reversibel demens hos 145 patienter henvist til demensudredning

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 164, Issue 42, 2002, Pages 4934-4937

  Norup, Pia Würtzen ^a   Kufahl, Jan W ^a   Feilberg, Jens Bülow ^a   Olsen, Tom Skyhoj ^a  

^a Neurologisk Afdeling   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MENINGIOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037078401     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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