Detecting subtle spontaneous language decline in early Alzheimer's disease with a picture description task

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 243-254

  Forbes McKay, K E ^a   Venneri, A ^b,c  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Normative study; Semantic; Spontaneous language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SKILL; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; WRITING;

EID: 26844542508     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-005-0467-9     Document Type: Article

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