Gender differences in the cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 129-137

  Heun, R ^a   Kockler, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; Elderly; Gender; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APHASIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036114255     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007370200011     Document Type: Article

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