Impaired imitation of gestures in mild dementia: Comparison of dementia with Lewy bodies, Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1248-1252

  Nagahama, Yasuhiro ^a   Okina, Tomoko ^a   Suzuki, Norio ^a  

^a Shiga Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; FINGER GESTURE; GESTURE; HAND GESTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FINGER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMITATION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GESTURES; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84946557528     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2014-309436     Document Type: Article

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