The ability to pun may be retained in Alzheimer disease

Neurocase

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-54

  Hawkins, David B ^a   Graff Radford, Neill ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DILTIAZEM; DONEPEZIL; FLUOXETINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LEVOTHYROXINE; LOSARTAN; MEMANTINE; MULTIVITAMIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SIMVASTATIN; TRIAMTERENE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 34247120536     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790701254673     Document Type: Article

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