Semantic markers in the diagnosis of neurodegenerative dementias

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-274

  Cuetos, Fernando ^a   Rodríguez Ferreiro, Javier ^a   Menéndez, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL ÁLVAREZ BUYLLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Mild cognitive impairment; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; ROC CURVE; SEMANTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 70349602119     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000242438     Document Type: Article

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