Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 213-219 , May 2003

Interactive computer-training as a therapeutic tool in Alzheimer’s disease

  • Marc Hofmann

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Marc Hofmann, M.D., Division of Psychiatry Research, University of Zürich, Lenggstrasse 31, CH-8029 Zürich 8, Switzerland
    • Department of Psychiatry, University Basle, Basle, Switzerland
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  • Alexander Rösler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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  • Wolfram Schwarz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Basle, Basle, Switzerland
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  • Franz Müller-Spahn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Basle, Basle, Switzerland
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  • Kurt Kräuchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Basle, Basle, Switzerland
    • Department of Neurology, University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
    • Division of Psychiatric Research, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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  • Christoph Hock

      Affiliations

    • Division of Psychiatric Research, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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  • Erich Seifritz

      Affiliations

    • Division of Psychiatric Research, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

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☆ E.S. is supported by grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation, SNF no. 63-58040.99.

PII: S0010-440X(03)00006-3

doi: 10.1016/S0010-440X(03)00006-3

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 213-219 , May 2003

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