"Closing-in" phenomenon in Alzheimer's disease and subcortical vascular dementia

BMC Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Kwak, Yong Tae ^a  

^a Hyoja Geriatric Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIAS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2642521382     PISSN: 14712377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-4-3     Document Type: Article

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