Sorting out subacute encephalopathy

Practical Neurology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 268-281

  Neary, David ^a   Snowden, Julie S ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0242363772     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-7766.2003.03157.x     Document Type: Article

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