Use of the cognitive estimations test to discriminate frontotemporal dementia from Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-6

  Mendez, Mario F ^a,b,c   Doss, Robert C ^d   Cherrier, Monique M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031822992     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089198879801100102     Document Type: Article

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