Frontal lobe dysfunction following infarction of the left-sided medial thalamus

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 1991, Pages 1300-1303

  Sandson, Thomas A ^a   Daffner, Kirk R ^a   Mesulam, Marsel ^a   Carvalho, Paulo A ^b  

^a Behavioral Neurology Unit   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THALAMUS;

BRAIN DISEASES; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGE; THALAMIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0026354063     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1991.00530240106031     Document Type: Article

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