Confabulations in episodic memory are associated with delusions in Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-40

  Lee, Eunjoo ^a,b,c   Meguro, Kenichi ^a,c   Hashimoto, Ryusaku ^c   Meguro, Mitsue ^c   Ishii, Hiroshi ^a   Yamaguchi, Satoshi ^c   Mori, Etsuro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Woosong University   (South Korea)

^c Tajiri SKIP Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Confabulation; Delusion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFABULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELUSION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRESSION;

EID: 33846897629     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988706292760     Document Type: Article

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