Dementia and aphasia in Motor Neuron Disease: An underrecognised association?

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 881-889

  Rakowicz, Wojtek P ^a   Hodges, John R ^b,c  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Dementia; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHASIA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032238324     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.65.6.881     Document Type: Article

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