Homogeneity and heterogeneity in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: A cross-sectional and longitudinal study of 55 cases

Brain

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2350-2362

  Lambon Ralph, Matthew A ^a,b   Patterson, Karalyn ^a   Graham, Naida ^a   Dawson, Kate ^a   Hodges, John R ^a,c  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Episodic memory; Mild cognitive impairment; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0142215382     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awg236     Document Type: Article

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