Language alterations in alzheimer's disease and other dementias

Language Disturbances in Adulthood: New Advances from the Neurolinguistics Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 59-70

  Mansur, Leticia Lessas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Frontotemporal dementia; Primary progressive aphasia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882660365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2174/978160805108311101010059     Document Type: Chapter

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