Common pattern of language impairment in vascular dementia and in Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-86

  Vuorinen, Elina ^a   Laine, Matti ^b   Rinne, Juha ^b  

^a Pulssin Neurocenter   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Language functions; Semantic impairment; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034044169     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-200004000-00005     Document Type: Article

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