Publication Type Academic Article
Authors de Leon M, Potegal M, Gurland B
Journal Neuropsychobiology
Volume 11
Issue 3
Pagination 155-7
Date Published 01/01/1984
ISSN 0302-282X
Keywords Alzheimer Disease, Orientation, Parietal Lobe
Abstract Among a population of nursing home patients with a diagnosis of senile dementia of Alzheimer's type (SDAT), a subgroup was identified who often became lost and wandered even in familiar surroundings. This subgroup differed from the rest of the SDAT patients on tests of parietal function but not on a generalized test of mental status. Thus, wandering in SDAT patients may be an indication of a specific parietal lobe involvement.
DOI 10.1159/000118069
PubMed ID 6472602
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