Patients with Parkinson's disease dementia stay in the hospital twice as long as those without dementia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 919-

  Fletcher, Phillip ^a   Leake, Alison ^a   Marion, Marie Helene ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

BACKACHE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DYSKINESIA; DYSPHAGIA; FALLING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG INFECTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 79955113328     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23573     Document Type: Letter

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