Early diagnosis of dementia in primary care: A representative eight-year follow-up study in Lower Saxony, Germany

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-31

  Maeck, Lienhard ^a   Haak, Sebastian ^b   Knoblauch, Anita ^c   Stoppe, Gabriela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b KLINIKUM OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c Niedersächsisches Landeskrankenhaus ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia diagnosis; Primary care; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PHYSICIAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VIGNETTE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33846392689     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1646     Document Type: Article

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