Different variables predict anomia in different subjects: A longitudinal study of two Alzheimer's patients

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 249-260

  Cuetos, Fernando ^a   Rosci, Chiara ^c   Laiacona, Marcella ^b   Capitani, Erminio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Aphasia; Naming consistency

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ANOMIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 38149071628     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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