Visual hallucinations in dementia: A prospective community-based study with autopsy

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-323

  Tsuang, Debby ^a,d,k   Larson, Eric B ^b,c,g   Bolen, Elizabeth ^a   Thompson, Mary Lou ^c   Peskind, Elaine ^a,d   Bowen, James ^b,i   McCormick, Wayne ^b,e   Teri, Linda ^d   Kukull, Walter ^c,f   Vavrek, Darcy ^a,j   Montine, Thomas ^d,h   Leverenz, James B ^a,b,d  

^a Transportation Research Institute   (United States)

^b School of Medicine

^c School of Public Health and Community Medicine

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Bailey Boushay House   (United States)

^f National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center   (United States)

^g CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^h OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Evergreen Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

^j Western States Chiropractic College   (United States)

^k VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Hallucinations; Lewy body disease

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; APATHY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; BRAIN; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITALIZATION; LEWY BODY; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; LEWY BODIES; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 65649139634     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181953b9a     Document Type: Article

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