The value of quantitative EEG in differential diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and subcortical vascular dementia

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 283, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 127-133

  Gawel, M ^a   Zalewska, E ^b   Szmidt Salkowska E ^a   Kowalski, J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; EEG waves; Mental impairment; Quantitative EEG; Subcortical vascular dementia; Visual EEG

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBCORTICAL VASCULAR DEMENTIA;

AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; DELTA RHYTHM; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 67650165333     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.02.332     Document Type: Article

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