Semantic dementia: Clinical, radiological and pathological perspectives

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 247, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 409-422

  Garrard, P ^a,b   Hodges, J R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Dementia; Pick's disease; Semantic memory; Temporal lobes

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LONG TERM MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MEMORY DISORDERS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033946391     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150070169     Document Type: Review

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