Visuospatial function in early alzheimer's disease: Preliminary study;Funções visoespaciais na doença de alzheimer de intensidade leve: Estudo preliminar

Dementia e Neuropsychologia

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 234-240

  Quental, Natália Bezerra Mota ^a   Brucki, Sonia Maria Dozzi ^a   Bueno, Orlando Francisco Amodeo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dementia; Early alzheimer disease; Visuospatial function

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952256073     PISSN: 19805764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1980-57642009DN30300010     Document Type: Article

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