Verbal fluency in bilingual Spanish/English Alzheimer's disease patients

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 190-201

  Salvatierra, Judy ^a   Rosselli, Monica ^a   Acevedo, Amarilis ^b,c   Duara, Ranjan ^b,c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Bilingualism; Dementia; Language; Spanish; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEMORY; PHONEME; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34347406332     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317507301792     Document Type: Article

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