The Relationship of Agraphia to the Severity of Dementia in Alzheimerʼs Disease

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1988, Pages 760-763

  Horner, Ennifer ^a   Heyman, Albert ^a   Dawson, Deborah ^a   Rogers, Helen ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRAPHIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGRAPHIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WRITING;

EID: 0023913758     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1988.00520310066019     Document Type: Article

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