Emergence and progression of 'non-semantic' deficits in semantic dementia

Cortex

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 483-494

  Caine, Diana ^a   Breen, Nora ^b   Patterson, Karalyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acquired dysgraphia; Delayed copy drawing; Semantic dementia; Semantic impairment; Surface dyslexia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DYSGRAPHIA; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; READING; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SPELLING;

EID: 60249102961     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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