Frequency of delirium in a neurological emergency room

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 108-112

  Ramirez Bermudez, Jesus ^a   Lopez Gómez, Mario ^a   Ana, Luisa Sosa ^a   Aceves, Sergio ^a   Nader Kawachi, Juan ^a   Nicolini, Humberto ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; COMA; DELIRIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUPOR; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33244480365     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.18.1.108     Document Type: Article

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