PREDICTIVE VALUE OF THE BOSTON NAMING TEST IN MILD SENILE DEMENTIA OF THE ALZHEIMER TYPE

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KNESEVICH, JW [1 ]
LABARGE, E [1 ]
EDWARDS, D [1 ]
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[1] WASHINGTON UNIV, SCH MED, ST LOUIS, MO 63110 USA
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10.1016/0165-1781(86)90008-9
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R749 [精神病学];
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100205 ;
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The prognostic implications of anomia were examined in a group of subjects with mild senile dementia of the Alzheimer type. Anomia was found to correlate with a more rapidly progressive course of illness. A subject''s age did not account for the degree of anomia. Duration of illness was not correlated with the degree of anomia or with severity of dementia. The presence of anomia in a subject with mild senile dementia of the Alzheimer type appears to indicate a more rapidly progressive course.
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