Comparison of the cognitive-linguistic profiles of Down syndrome adults with and without dementia to individuals with Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 69-81

  Moss, Sharon E ^a,c,d   Tomoeda, Cheryl K ^b   Bayles, Kathryn A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Amer Speech Lang Hear Association   (United States)

^d AMERICAN SPEECH LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; DEMENTIA; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SKILL;

EID: 0034118483     PISSN: 10651438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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