Predictive value of the Boston Naming Test in mild senile dementia of the Alzheimer type.
The prognostic implications of anomia were examined in a group of subjects with mild senile dementia of the Alzheimer type. Anomia was found to correlate with a more rapidly progressive course of illness. A subject's age did not account for the degree of anomia. Duration of illness was not correlated with the degree of anomia or with severity of dementia. The presence of anomia in a subject with mild senile dementia of the Alzheimer type appears to indicate a more rapidly progressive course.
D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000849:Anomia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D001037:Aphasia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011379:Prognosis