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Executive function asymmetry in older adults genetically at-risk for Alzheimer's disease: verbal versus design fluency.
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS - 1 Nov 2005
Houston Wes S, Delis Dean C, Lansing Amy, Jacobson Mark W, Cobell Krystal R, Salmon David P, Bondi Mark W
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have reported cognitive asymmetries in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in individuals with apolipoprotein E epsilon4 (APOE epsilon4) genotype who are in the preclinical phase of AD. This increased frequpncy of cognitive asymmetry, typically defined as a significant discrepancy (in either direction) between verbal and spatial abilities, often occurs despite an absence of differences on...
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