Elucidating the pathophysiology of delirium and the interrelationship of delirium and dementia

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1277-1280

  Inouye, Sharon K ^a,c   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c Aging Brain Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33846476725     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.12.1277     Document Type: Editorial

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