Dementia in the Greco-Roman world

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 244, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 5-9

  Karenberg, Axel ^a,b   Förstl, Hans ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Ancient; Dementia; History

Indexed keywords

AGING; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HISTORY; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NOMENCLATURE; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

AGING; DEMENTIA; GREEK WORLD; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; LITERATURE; MEDICINE IN LITERATURE; ROMAN WORLD;

EID: 33646112901     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2005.12.004     Document Type: Review

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