Perseverative writing errors in a patient with Alzheimer's disease

Brain and Language

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 303-320

  Neils Strunjas, Jean ^a   Shuren, Jeffrey ^b   Roeltgen, David ^b   Brown, Candace ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; DYSGRAPHIA; ERROR; HUMAN; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PERSEVERATION; WRITING;

EID: 0032124586     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1997.1935     Document Type: Article

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