Dyscalculia in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 166-174

  Carlomagno, S ^c   Iavarone, A ^d   Nolfe, G ^a   Bourene G ^b   Martin, C ^b   Deloche, G ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dyscalculia; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CALCULATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032986968     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1999.tb07339.x     Document Type: Article

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