Vascular dementia: A diagnostic conundrum for the clinical neuropsychologist

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 129-136

  Paul, Robert ^a   Garrett, Kelly ^b   Cohen, Ronald ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cerebrovascular disease; Dementia; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIST; REVIEW;

EID: 0042322598     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324826AN1003_01     Document Type: Review

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