Fluctuations in cognitive function in dementia with Lewy bodies

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 266-

  Cummings, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AROUSAL; BASAL GANGLION; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETHARGY; LEWY BODY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REM SLEEP; SHORT SURVEY; SLEEP DISORDER; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 11144354612     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(04)00728-8     Document Type: Letter

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