Diagnosis of dementia

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7708, 2009, Pages 1398-

  Nicholl, Claire ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 67650021177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b1176     Document Type: Editorial

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