Verbal fluency patterns in two subgroups of patients with Alzheimer's Disease

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 122-131

  Fisher, Nancy J ^a,c,f   Tierney, Mary C ^a,c   Rourke, Byron P ^d,e   Szalai, John P ^b,c  

^a Division of Geriatric Medicine   (United States)

^b Clin Epidemiol and Health Services

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; READING; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 4444300810     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040490507235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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