Content of delusional thoughts in Alzheimer's disease and assessment of content-specific brain dysfunctions with BEHAVE-AD-FW and SPECT

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 939-948

  Nakatsuka, Masahiro ^a   Meguro, Kenichi ^a,b   Tsuboi, Hiroshi ^c   Nakamura, Kei ^a   Akanuma, Kyoko ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Satoshi ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Osaki Tajiri SKIP Center   (Japan)

^c Osaki Citizen Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

behavior; dementia; heterogeneity; psychosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL PATHOLOGY IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE FREQUENCY WEIGHTED SEVERITY SCALE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COGNITION; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTPATIENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84876739376     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213000094     Document Type: Article

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