Anosognosia in Alzheimer's disease: A clinical approach for the study of consciousness;La anosognosia en la enfermedad de Alzheimer: Una aproximación clínica para el estudio de la conciencia

Revista Latinoamericana de Psicologia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-73

  Montañés, Patricia ^a   Quintero, Eliana ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b Universidad del Basque   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Anosognosia; Consciousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249727728     PISSN: 01200534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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