Psychotic symptoms in the elderly

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 238-241

  Brendel, Rebecca W ^a,b   Stern, Theodore A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; THYROTROPIN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHOSIS; REAGIN TEST; SAFETY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 28244474460     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/pcc.v07n0506     Document Type: Article

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