From hindsight to insight - Retrospective analysis of language written by a renowned Alzheimer's patient

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 278-286

  Van Velzen, Marjolein ^a   Garrard, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER'S; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; CREATIVE PROCESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 59249098684     PISSN: 03080188     EISSN: 17432790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174327908X392852     Document Type: Article

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