Verbal fluency in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and major depression

Clinics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 623-627

  de Araujo, Narahyana Bom ^a   Barca, Maria Lage ^c   Engedal, Knut ^c   Coutinho, Evandro Silva Freire ^b   Deslandes, Andrea Camaz ^a,b   Laks, Jerson ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognition; Diagnosis; Neuropsychology; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79958697702     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322011000400017     Document Type: Article

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