Clustering and switching during a semantic verbal fluency test contribute to differential diagnosis of cognitive impairment

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-82

  Zhao, Qianhua ^a   Guo, Qihao ^a   Hong, Zhen ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Mild cognitive impairment; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SEMANTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDITY; VASCULAR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT WITHOUT DEMENTIA; VERBAL FLUENCY TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; SPEECH DISORDERS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84873301090     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: 19958218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-013-1301-7     Document Type: Article

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