Performance on neuropsychological tests related to Single Photon Emission Computerised Tomography findings in frontotemporal dementia

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 416-422

  Elfgren, Christina I ^a   Ryding, Erik ^a   Passant, Ulla ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TEST; PERFORMANCE; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN MAPPING; DEMENTIA; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIMES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0029782387     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.169.4.416     Document Type: Article

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