Alzeimer’s disease preventing and recognizing a misdiagnosis

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 58-78

  Mangino, Marie ^a   Middlemiss, Carol ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20244387408     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00006205-199710000-00008     Document Type: Article

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