Diurnal variation in language tests and relevance to early detection of dementia: Disruption of time dependency in dementing subjects

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 882-883

  Arzi, A Yaretsky T ^a   Ashkenazi, I E ^b  

^a Geriatric Department Meir Hospital   (Netherlands Antilles)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030187903     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb03756.x     Document Type: Letter

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