Primary progressive aphasia: Relationship between gender and severity of language impairment

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-43

  Rogalski, Emily ^a,c   Rademaker, Alfred ^a,b   Weintraub, Sandra ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Dementia; Frontotemporal dementia; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APHASIA, PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34247614025     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e31802e3bae     Document Type: Article

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