Neuropsychiatric symptoms in 921 elderly subjects with dementia: A comparison between vascular and neurodegenerative types

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 455-464

  Caputo, M ^a   Monastero, R ^b   Mariani, E ^a   Santucci, A ^a   Mangialasche, F ^a   Camarda, R ^b   Senin, U ^a   Mecocci, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia severity; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Neuropsychiatric symptoms; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 43549083895     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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