Italian Standardization of the BPSD-SINDEM Scale for the Assessment of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Persons with Dementia

Overview

Journal Front Neurol

Specialty Neurology

Date 2024 Dec 6

PMID 39639986

Authors

Federico Emanuele Pozzi

Fabrizia DAntonio

Marta Zuffi

Oriana Pelati

Davide Verne

Massimiliano Panigutti

Margherita Alberoni

Maria Grazia Di Maggio

Alfredo Costa

Lucio Tremolizzo

Elisabetta Farina

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