'Normal' semantic-phonemic fluency discrepancy in Alzheimer's disease? A meta-analytic study

Cortex

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 595-601

  Laws, Keith R ^a   Duncan, Amy ^a   Gale, Tim M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive reserve; Dementia; Fluency; Picture naming; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONEME; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 77950460955     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.04.009     Document Type: Review

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