Personality features and cognitive level in patients at an early stage of Alzheimer's disease

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 174-179

  Pocnet, Cornelia ^a   Rossier, Jérôme ^a   Antonietti, Jean Philippe ^a   Von Gunten, Armin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive level; Daily living functioning; Personality changes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868533010     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.08.035     Document Type: Article

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