Language in Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1223-1227

  Weiner, Myron F ^a   Neubecker, Katherine E ^b   Bret, Mary E ^a   Hynan, Linda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL AND COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS AND STROKE AND THE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SPEECH ARTICULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49649107015     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v69n0804     Document Type: Article

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