Language impairment and aggression in Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-261

  Welsh, Steven W ^a   Corrigan, Frank M ^b   Scott, Marian ^c  

^a ROYAL CORNHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Argyll & Bute Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alzheimer's; Cognition; Dementia; Language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE;

EID: 0029873231     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199603)11:3<257::AID-GPS330>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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