Differences exist in the cognitive profile of mild alzheimer's disease and subcortical ischemic vascular dementia

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 399-403

  Kandiah, N ^a   Narasimhalu, K ^b   Lee, J ^d   Chen, C L P H ^c  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b Centre for Molecular Epidemiology   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Delayed recall; Subcortical ischemic vascular dementia; Timed executive tasks; Visuospatial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 63349111412     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000210387     Document Type: Article

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