Phrase repetition in Alzheimer's disease: Effect of meaning and length

Brain and Language

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 246-261

  Bayles, Kathryn A ^a   Tomoeda, Cheryl K ^b   Rein, Judith A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0030217879     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1996.0074     Document Type: Article

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