Delusions in patients with very mild, mild and moderate Alzheimer's disease

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-25

  Chiu, Pai Yi ^a,b   Chung, Ching Lung ^a  

^a LIN SHIN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Delusions; Dementia clinic; Mid Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE ABILITIES SCREENING INSTRUMENT; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; TAIWAN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33645659012     PISSN: 10196099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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