An investigation of confrontation naming performance in Alzheimer's dementia as a function of disease severity

Aphasiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 423-441

  Chenery, Helen J ^a   Murdoch, Bruce E ^a   Ingram, John C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANOMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030057327     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687039608248423     Document Type: Article

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