Cognitive anosognosia and behavioral changes in probable Alzheimer's disease patients
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Cognitive anosognosia and behavioral changes in probable Alzheimer's disease patients
Anosognosia, impairment insight and unawareness of deficits are used as equivalent terms in this study. OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between the presence of anosognosia symptoms and cognitive domains, functional abilities, and neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (pAD) and elderly controls (EC). METHODS Twenty-one pAD (14 women) and twenty-two...
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عنوان ژورنال: Dementia & Neuropsychologia
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1980-5764
DOI: 10.1590/s1980-57642013dn70200010