Gender differences in language of AD patients: A longitudinal study

Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 299-302

  Ripich, Danielle N ^a   Petrill, Stephen A ^a   Whitehouse, Peter J ^a   Ziol, Elaine W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0028872284     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.45.2.299     Document Type: Article

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