Differentiating the dementias: A neurological approach

Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-18

  Shaik, Saiffuddin Sheriff ^a   Varma, Anoop Ranjan ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; HYDROCEPHALUS; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE NONFLUENT APHASIA; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; REVIEW; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME;

EID: 84856894601     PISSN: 13677543     EISSN: 1931227X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pnp.224     Document Type: Review

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