Nonfluent progressive aphasia and semantic dementia: A comparative neuropsychological study

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 511-524

  Hodges, John R ^a   Patterson, Karalyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nonfluent progressive aphasia; Semantic dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORTICAL SENSORY APHASIA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SEMANTICS; STATISTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; APHASIA, BROCA; APHASIA, WERNICKE; ATROPHY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030276202     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1355617700001685     Document Type: Article

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