Clustering and switching in semantic fluency: Predictors of the development of Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1007-1013

  Fagundo, Ana B ^a,b   López, Samuel ^a   Romero, Montse ^a   Guarch, Joana ^a   Marcos, Teodor ^a   Salamero, Manel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Clustering; Prediction; Semantic fluency; Switching

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 57249088558     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2025     Document Type: Article

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