Characteristics of cognitive impairment in patients with leukoaraiosis

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 147-151

  Yuan, Jun Liang ^a   Wang, Shuang Kun ^b   Peng, Peng ^b   Guo, Xiao Juan ^b   Gu, Hua ^b   Li, Shu Juan ^a   Qin, Wei ^a   Hu, Wen Li ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cognition disorders; Leukoaraiosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGIT SYMBOL TEST; DISEASE COURSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; STROOP TEST;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84867875768     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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