The interface between delirium and dementia in elderly adults

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 823-832

  Fong, Tamara G ^a,b   Davis, Daniel ^c   Growdon, Matthew E ^d   Albuquerque, Asha ^b   Inouye, Sharon K ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE RESERVE; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; HUMANS;

EID: 84937428028     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(15)00101-5     Document Type: Review

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