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Word deafness mistaken for Alzheimer's disease
— differential characteristics | | Author(s) | Mario F Mendez, Samuel Rosenberg |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 39, no 2, February 1991 |
| Pages | pp 209-211 |
| Keywords | Hearing Impairment ; Dementia ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The correct differentiation of pure word deafness, (PWD), from Alzheimer's has implications for the prognosis and treatment of patients. This report evaluated a patient who was misdiagnosed, and characterises the clinical features of PWD, comparing them to Alzheimer's. |
| Accession Number | CPA-910312005 A |
| Classmark | BV: EA: 7T |
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