title: Right-left disorientation in dementia of the Alzheimer type.
abstract: We demonstrated that right-left orientation (R/L-O) on a confronting subject is more impaired in patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type than in patients with multi-infarct dementia of comparable degree of dementia. The impairment in R/L-O is independent of aphasia and spatial disorientation.
authors.affiliation: Neurological Institute, Vienna School of Medicine, Austria.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marterer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Danielczyk
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D015161:Dementia, Multi-Infarct / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009949:Orientation; D012016:Reference Values