Age at onset and pattern of neuropsychological impairment in mild early- stage Alzheimer disease: A study of a community-based population

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1056-1061

  Reid, Wayne ^a   Broe, Gerald ^a   Creasey, Helen ^a   Grayson, David ^a   McCusker, Elizabeth ^a   Bennett, Hayley ^a   Longley, Wendy ^a   Sulway, Mary Rose ^a  

^a Department of Geriatric Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGNOSIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029842538     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1996.00550100142023     Document Type: Article

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