Latent information in fluency lists predicts functional decline in persons at risk for Alzheimer disease.

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Published in Cortex on January 16, 2014

Authors

D G Clark1, P Kapur2, D S Geldmacher3, J C Brockington3, L Harrell3, T P DeRamus4, P D Blanton5, K Lokken5, A P Nicholas6, D C Marson3

Author Affiliations

1: Birmingham VA Medical Center, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. Electronic address: dgclark@uab.edu.
2: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Georgia Health Science University, USA.
3: Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
4: Department of Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
5: Birmingham VA Medical Center, USA.
6: Birmingham VA Medical Center, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.

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