Delirium in elderly people: A review

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn JUN, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Martins, Sónia ^a   Fernandes, Lia ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aged; Delirium; Diagnosis; Etiology; Prevention and control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865859255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2012.00101     Document Type: Article

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