The agraphia of alzheimer’s disease

Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 776-784

  Henderson, Victor W ^a,b   Buckwalter, J G ^b   Sobel, E ^a   Freed, D M ^a,b   Diz, M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGRAPHIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FORECASTING; GENETICS; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WRITING;

AGED; AGRAPHIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026617366     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.42.4.776     Document Type: Article

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