Differential diagnosis of dementia in the field of learning disabilities: a case study.
Assessment for a diagnosis of dementia is hard enough under the best possible conditions. There are possible alternative or concomitant diagnoses, such as depression, to consider. However, when the possible dementia concerns a gentleman with severe learning disabilities and with a severe communicati...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Learning Disabilities Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 56 - 66 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2009
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