The use of EEG in the diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 377-380

  Roks, G ^a,b   Korf, E S C ^a   Van Der Flier, W M ^a   Scheltens, P ^a   Stam, C J ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELTA RHYTHM; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 41149114085     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.125385     Document Type: Article

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