Very Mild Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type: I. Clinical Assessment

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 379-382

  Rubin, Eugene H ^a   Morris, John C ^a   Grant, Elizabeth A ^a   Vendegna, Thomas ^b  

^a Alzheimer's Disease Research Center ^*  (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENILE DEMENTIA;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024584541     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1989.00520400033016     Document Type: Article

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