A visuospatial variant of mild cognitive impairment: Getting lost between aging and AD

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 802-808

  Mapstone, Mark ^a   Steffenella, Teresa M ^a   Duffy, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0037432256     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000049471.76799.DE     Document Type: Article

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