Primary progressive aphasia: A comparative study of progressive nonfluent aphasia and semantic dementia

Neurology India

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 162-165

  George, Annamma ^a   Mathuranath, P S ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Dementia; Language; Neuropsychology; Primary progressive aphasia; Semantic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 27744549125     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.16398     Document Type: Article

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