Evidence for impaired sentence comprehension in early Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 393-404

  Croot, Karen ^a   Hodges, John R ^a,b   Patterson, Karalyn ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Language; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0032855332     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617799555021     Document Type: Article

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