Aphasia in dementia of the Alzheimer type

Neurology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 394-397

  Cummings, Jeffrey L ^a   Benson, D Frank ^a   Hill, Mary Ann ^b   Read, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APHASIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APHASIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGE; SPEECH; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0021922891     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.35.3.394     Document Type: Article

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