Aging and visual hallucinations in elderly psychiatric outpatients

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 401-404

  Soeda, Shuji ^a   Terao, Takeshi ^a   Nishimura, Mariko ^a   Nakamura, Jun ^a   Iwata, Noboru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ASIA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Charles Bonnet syndrome; Dementia; Visual hallucinations

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 1642564017     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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