Thinking through delusions in Alzheimer's disease

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 184, Issue MAR., 2004, Pages 193-194

  Shanks, Michael F ^a   Venneri, Annalena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DELUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PSYCHOSIS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; DELUSIONS; HUMANS; THINKING;

EID: 1542511809     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.184.3.193     Document Type: Editorial

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