Pronunciation of irregular words is preserved in dementia, validating premorbid IQ estimation

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1184-1186

  McGurn, B ^a   Starr, J M ^a   Topfer, J A ^b   Pattie, A ^a   Whiteman, M C ^a   Lemmon, H A ^c   Whalley, L J ^c   Deary, I J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Lothian Memory Treatment Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH ARTICULATION;

EID: 1842528031     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000103169.80910.8B     Document Type: Article

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