A patient with primary progressive aphasia developing dementia due to Alzheimer's disease;Uma paciente com afasia progressiva primária devido à doença de Alzheimer

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 551-552

  Vaz, Thais Stvan ^a   Bertolucci, Paulo Henrique Ferreira ^a   de Oliveira, Fabricio Ferreira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; CALCULATION; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISORIENTATION; DYSGRAPHIA; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; LETTER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY SCORE; PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SLEEP DISORDER; SPEECH PERCEPTION; THINKING IMPAIRMENT; VERBAL FLUENCY TEST;

EID: 84865661867     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2012000700016     Document Type: Letter

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