Treating anomia in semantic dementia: Improvement, maintenance, or both?

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-256

  Jokel, Regina ^a,b   Rochon, Elizabeth ^a   Leonard, Carol ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPREHENSION; DEMENTIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOME MENTAL HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; RECALL; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA;

ANOMIA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646473364     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602010500176757     Document Type: Article

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