Semantic fluency performance of patients with cortical and subcortical neurodegenerative diseases

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-214

  Testa, Julie A ^b   Tröster, Alexander I ^b   Fields, Julie A ^b   Gleason, Angela C ^b   Salmon, David P ^b   Beatty, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; PARKINSON DISEASE; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0345517213     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/anec.5.3.203.612     Document Type: Article

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