Calculation abilities in dementia of Alzheimer's type and in vascular dementia

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-197

  Marterer, Alice ^a,b,c   Danielczyk, Walter ^a   Simanyi, Margarethe ^a   Fischer, Peter ^a,b  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c AUVA Soziale Unfallversicherung   (Austria)

Author keywords

Calculation abilities; Dementia of Alzheimer's type; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030247247     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-4943(96)00720-0     Document Type: Article

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