Distinctive Neuropsychological Patterns in Frontotemporal Dementia, Semantic Dementia, and Alzheimer Disease

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 211-218

  Kramer, Joel H ^a,b   Jurik, Jennifer ^a   Sha, Sharon J ^a   Rankin, Kate P ^a   Rosen, Howard J ^a   Johnson, Julene K ^a   Miller, Bruce L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontotemporal dementia; Neuropsychological assessment; Semantic dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGNOSIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SCREENING; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0345599147     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00146965-200312000-00002     Document Type: Article

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