Staging of the cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease: Insights from a detailed neuropsychological investigation of mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423-432

  Carter, Stephen F ^a   Caine, Diana ^b   Burns, Alistair ^a   Herholz, Karl ^a   Ralph, Matthew A Lambon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; cognitive staging; episodic memory; mild cognitive impairment; pathological staging; semantic cognition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84858336696     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2738     Document Type: Article

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