Applause sign in Alzheimer's disease: Relationships to cognitive profile and severity of illness

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 172-175

  Luzzi, Simona ^a   Fabi, Katia ^a   Pesallaccia, Martina ^a   Silvestrini, Mauro ^a   Provinciali, Leandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Applause sign; Apraxia; Dementia; Frontal lobe

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APPLAUSE SIGN; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APRAXIAS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84872353576     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6608-1     Document Type: Article

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