Cardinal features of cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease: A factor-analytic study of the Alzheimer's disease assessment scale

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-46

  Talwalker, Sheela ^a   Overall, John E ^b   Srirama, Mandyam K ^a   Gracon, Stephen I ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TACRINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPRAXIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; TACRINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029933547     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089198879600900107     Document Type: Article

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