"Apperceptive" Alexia in posterior cortical atrophy

Cortex

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 264-270

  Mendez, Mario F ^a,b   Shapira, Jill S ^a,b   Clark, David G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexia; Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Dyslexia; Posterior cortical atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PERCEPTION DISORDER; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 33947259973     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70481-7     Document Type: Article

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