Delusions of Korean patients with Alzheimer's disease: Study of drug-naïve patients

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-313

  Kwak, Yong Tae ^a   Yang, Youngsoon ^b   Kwak, Soon Gu ^c   Koo, Min Seong ^d  

^a Hyoja Geriatric Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul Veterans Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Delusions; Drug na ve; Hallucinations; Misidentification; Paranoid

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAPGRAS SYNDROME; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELUSION; DELUSIONAL MISIDENTIFICATION; FEMALE; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED DELUSION; PARANOIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAPGRAS SYNDROME; COGNITION DISORDERS; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARANOID DISORDERS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84875804499     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00897.x     Document Type: Article

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