Memory impairment differs in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Neurocase

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 161-171

  Pasquier, F ^a   Grymonprez, L ^a   Lebert, F ^a   Van Der Linden, M ^b  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Explicit memory; Frontotemporal dementia; Implicit memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0035011725     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neucas/7.2.161     Document Type: Article

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