The quantitative assessment of apraxic deficits in Alzheimer's disease

Cortex

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 976-986

  Crutch, Sebastian J ^a   Rossor, Martin N ^a   Warrington, Elizabeth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apraxia; Azheimer's disease; Meaningful action; Meaningless action; Quantitative assessment

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34948907916     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70695-6     Document Type: Article

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