Verbal fluency deficits co-occur with memory deficits in geriatric patients at risk for dementia: Implications for the concept of mild cognitive impairment

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 73-79

  Cottingham, Maria E ^a,b   Hawkins, Keith A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; Dementia; MCI (amnestic); Memory; Mild cognitive impairment; Neuropsychological; Phonemic fluency; Semantic fluency; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK; SPEECH DISORDERS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 77956809898     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BEN-2009-0246     Document Type: Article

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