Longitudinal visual evoked potentials in Alzheimer's disease: A preliminary report

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 455-457

  Swanwick, Gregory R J ^a,c   Rowan, Michael ^b   Coen, Robert F ^a   O'Mahony, Denis ^a   Lawlor, Brian A ^a   Walsh, J Bernard ^a   Coakley, Davis ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Longitudinal; Visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029864448     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00523-4     Document Type: Article

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