The diagnostic evaluation of a patient with dementia

CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 397-410

  Galasko, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA; REVIEW;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 84876373978     PISSN: 10802371     EISSN: 15386899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.CON.0000429176.37224.58     Document Type: Review

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