Practical suggestions on how to differentiate dementia with Lewy bodies from Alzheimer's disease with common cognitive tests

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1405-1412

  Palmqvist, Sebastian ^a   Hansson, Oskar ^a   Minthon, Lennart ^a   Londos, Elisabet ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Dementia; Differential diagnosis; Lewy body disease; Mini Mental State Examination; Neuropsychological tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 73249145387     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2277     Document Type: Article

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