The usefulness of the Western Aphasia Battery for differential diagnosis of Alzheimer's dementia and focal stroke syndromes: Preliminary evidence  

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Heyman, Albert ; Dawson, Deborah V. ; Horner, Jennifer ; Fish, Alice McGorman

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Brain and Language (Full Text) vol. 42 no. 1 (Jan. 1992), page 77-88.
Fulltext: 42_01_Horner_Dawson_Heyman_Fish.pdf (775.93KB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/BAL/42 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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We assessed the usefulness of the Western Aphasia Battery for distinguishing the language disturbances caused by Alzheimer dementia (AD) from those caused by stroke. Using discrimant function analyses, the multiple variable "aphasia quotient-reading quotient-writing quotient" classified 29 (72.5%) of the 40 patients correctly. These 29 patients included 8 of 10 patients with left hemisphere infarction and fluent aphasia; 6 of 10 with AD; 5 of 10 patients with right hemisphere infarction; and all 10 of the neurologically normal control subjects. The patients with AD and those with right hemisphere stroke were the most difficult to classify using the aphasia battery. @ 1992 Academic Press. Inc.

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