Writing errors and anosognosia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with dementia

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 107-116

  Ichikawa, Hiroo ^a,b   Koyama, Shinichi ^a   Ohno, Hideki ^a   Ishihara, Kenji ^a   Nagumo, Kiyomi ^a   Kawamura, Mitsuru ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Anosognosia; Dementia; Paragraphia; Writing error

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANOSOGNOSIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; PARAGRAPHIA; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; SPEECH DISORDER; WRITING;

EID: 47849109841     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/814846     Document Type: Article

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