Behavior in degenerative dementias: Mood disorders, psychotic symptoms and predictive value of neuropsychological deficits

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 365-378

  Silveri, M C ^a   Salvigni, B L ^a   Jenner, C ^a   Colamonico, P ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Behavioral deficit; Cognitive deficit; Frontotemporal dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HOSPITALIZATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOOD DISORDERS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3042640416     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2004.04.047     Document Type: Article

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