## Abstract ## Objectives Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are common in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and are associated with significant distress for patient and carer. Certain behavioural and psychological symptoms have been associated with each other, leading to the sugges
Thyroid function, cognition, functional independence and behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in Alzheimer's disease
β Scribed by Morag Patterson; Jane Lonie; John M Starr
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 58 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
- DOI
- 10.1002/gps.2441
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