Initial evaluation of the patient with suspected dementia

American Family Physician

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1745-1750

  Adelman, Alan M ^a,c   Daly, Mel P ^b,d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; THYROTROPIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROTROPIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 18344386697     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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