Primary progressive semantic aphasia: A case study

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 388-398

  Kertesz, Andrew ^a,b   Davidson, Wilda ^a   McCabe, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pick's disease; Semantic aphasia; Semantic dementia; Semantic memory; Transcortical sensory aphasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOMIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEMORY; PHONETICS; PICK PRESENILE DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 0031847020     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1355617798003889     Document Type: Article

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