Neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementias: Preliminary report of a prospective outpatient evaluation in Brazil;Sintomas neuropsiquiátricos nas demências: Relato preliminar de uma avaliação prospectiva em um ambulatório do Brasil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 2 B, 2007, Pages 498-502

  Vega, Úrsula Maria ^a,b   Marinho, Valeska ^a   Engelhardt, Eliasz ^a   Laks, Jerson ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Neurologia Deolindo Couto da UFRJ ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dementia; Neuropsychiatric symptoms; Outpatients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY; OUTPATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; RANK SUM TEST; RATING SCALE;

EID: 34547627648     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2007000300026     Document Type: Article

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