Spelling tasks and Alzheimer's disease staging

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 907-911

  Carthery, M T ^a   De Mattos Pimenta Parente, M A ^b   Nitrini, R ^a   Bahia, V S ^a   Caramelli, Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Language; Memory; Oral spelling; Reading; Working memory; Writing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; WRITING;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; READING; WRITING;

EID: 27744534186     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2005.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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