The Lewy body variant of Alzheimer's disease: Clinical, pathophysiological and conceptual issues

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 249, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1999, Pages

  Förstl, Hans ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Lewy body variant of Alzheimer's disease; Neuroleptic hypersensitiviiy; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LEVODOPA; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROLEPTIC MALIGNANT SYNDROME; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 0141989061     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00014176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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