The deterioration of semantic networks in patients with Alzheimer's disease: A cross-sectional study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-248

  Chan, Agnes S ^a,c   Butters, Nelson ^a,b   Salmon, David P ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cross sectional study; Deterioration; Semantic networks

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SEMANTICS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONCEPT FORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031046852     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(96)00067-X     Document Type: Article

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