Primary progressive aphasia, left anterior atrophy, and neurofibrillary hippocampal pathology: Observations in an unusual case

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-218

  Engel, Peter A ^a,d   Fleming, Peter D ^b,c  

^a Veterans Administration   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Aphasia; Neurodegenerative diseases

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLIOSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SENILE PLAQUE; SPASTICITY; SUPRASYLVIAN GYRUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APHASIA, BROCA; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES;

EID: 0030884683     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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