Cross-sectional analysis of Alzheimer disease effects on oral discourse in a picture description task

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 204-215

  Tomoeda, Cheryl K ^a   Bayles, Kathryn A ^a   Trosset, Michael W ^a   Azuma, Tamiko ^a   McGeagh, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Dementia; Discourse; Language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029801102     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-199601040-00006     Document Type: Article

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