Cognitive visual perceptual deficits in patients with delirium

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 594-599

  Brown, L J E ^a,b   McGrory, S ^a   McLaren, L ^a   Starr, J M ^a   Deary, I J ^a   MacLullich, A M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CONFUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LEARNING; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; VISION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 66149104754     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.169078     Document Type: Article

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