Attentional deficits in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 346-351

  Claus, J J ^a   Mohr, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; attention; dementia; dichotic listening; Huntington's disease; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030014810     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1996.tb00007.x     Document Type: Article

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