Posterior cortical atrophy with incomplete Balint's syndrome

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 841-845

  Iizuka, Osamu ^a   Soma, Yoshiaki ^b   Otsuki, Mika ^b   Endo, Keiichi ^b   Tanno, Yoshinori ^b   Tsuji, Shoji ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Balint's syndrome; Posterior cortical atrophy(PCA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; GAZE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ATAXIA; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0030861608     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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