Vulnerability to proactive semantic interference and progression to dementia among older adults with mild cognitive impairment

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 363-368

  Loewenstein, David A ^a,b   Acevedo, Amarilis ^b,c   Agron, Joscelyn ^b,c   Duara, Ranjan ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Mild cognitive impairment; Semantic interference; Semantic Interference Test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; SENESCENCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 35648935548     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109151     Document Type: Article

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