Disorders of visual and spatial perception in the early stage of Alzheimer's disease

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 777, Issue , 1996, Pages 221-225

  Binetti, G ^a,c   Cappa, S F ^b   Magni, E ^a   Padovani, A ^b   Bianchetti, A ^a   Trabucchi, M ^a  

^a S Cuore Fatebenefratelli Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c SCuore Fatebenefratelli Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

EID: 0029877488     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb34422.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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