Letter and category fluency in alzheimer’s disease: A prognostic indicator of progression?

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 246-250

  Coen, Robert F ^a   Maguire, Conor ^a   Swanwick, Gregory R ^a   Kirby, Michael ^a   Burke, Teresa ^b   Lawlor, Brian A ^a   Walsh, J Bernard ^a   Coakley, Davis ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Progression; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029737013     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106887     Document Type: Article

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