A comparison of semantic memory in vascular dementia and dementia of Alzheimer's type

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 575-580

  Bentham, Peter W ^a   Jones, Stephen ^b   Hodges, John R ^c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FULBOURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Semantic memory; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 0030982670     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199705)12:5<575::AID-GPS566>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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