Conceptual Organization in Alzheimer's Dementia

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 737-750

  Au, Alma ^a   Chan, Agnes S ^b   Chiu, Helen ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0242289295     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.25.6.737.16468     Document Type: Article

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