Dementia diagnosis and treatment in Czech neurological and psychiatric practices

Ceska a Slovenska Neurologie a Neurochirurgie

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 208-211

  Sheardová, Katerina ^a   Hort, J ^a,b   Rektorova I ^a   Rusina, R ^c   Linek V ^d   Bartos A ^e,f  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^c Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education and Thomayer Teaching Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^d General Teaching Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cholinesterase inhibitors; Czech Republic; Dementia; Management

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; MEMANTINE; NOOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROLOGIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84857932156     PISSN: 12107859     EISSN: 18024041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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