Verb comprehension deficits in probable Alzheimer's disease

Brain and Language

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 369-389

  Grossman, Murray ^a   Mickanin, Jenifer ^b   Onishi, Kris ^b   Hughes, Elizabeth ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; RECALL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0029895170     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1996.0054     Document Type: Article

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