Early visuospatial deficits predict the occurrence of visual hallucinations in autopsy-confirmed dementia with lewy bodies

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 773-781

  Hamilton, Joanne M ^a   Landy, Kelly M ^a   Salmon, David P ^a   Hansen, Lawrence A ^a   Masliah, Eliezer ^a   Galasko, Douglas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; hallucinations; Lewy body disease; visual; visuospatial cognition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VISUOSPATIAL DEFICIT; WISC R BLOCK DESIGN SUBTEST;

EID: 84865779219     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31823033bc     Document Type: Article

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