Emergence of artistic talent in frontotemporal dementia

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 978-982

  Miller, Bruce L ^a,c   Cummings, J ^a   Mishkin, F ^a   Boone, K ^a   Prince, F ^d   Ponton, M ^a   Cotman, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ART; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CREATIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031713311     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.4.978     Document Type: Article

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