Structural correlates of cognitive deficits in a selected group of patients with Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 184-190

  Caramelli, Paulo ^a,c   Robitaille, Yves ^a   Laroche Cholette, Andrée ^b   Nitrini, Ricardo ^c   Gauvreau, Denis ^a   Joanette, Yves ^a   Lecours, André Roch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CHICOUTIMI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE; VISION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; SENILE PLAQUES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031791035     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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