Visual and spatial perception in the early phase of Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-33

  Binetti, Giuliano ^a   Magni, Eugenio ^a   Cappa, Stefano F ^b   Padovani, Alessandro ^b   Bianchetti, Angelo ^a   Trabucchi, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031940985     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.12.1.29     Document Type: Article

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