Neuropsychological performance in Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia: Comparisons in a memory clinic population

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 602-608

  Baillon, Sarah ^a   Muhommad, Saquib ^b   Marudkar, Mangesh ^b   Suribhatla, Srinivas ^a   Dennis, Michael ^a   Spreadbury, Christine ^c   Munro, Dena ^b   Lindesay, James ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTERSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Neuropsychology; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT MEMORY AND INFORMATION PROCESSING BATTERY COMPLEX DESIGN; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GRADED NAMING TEST; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; VERBAL MEMORY; VERBAL PICTURE DESCRIPTION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0041869409     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.887     Document Type: Article

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