A case of primary progressive aphasia. A 14-year follow-up study with neuropathological findings

Brain

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-126

  Schwarz, M ^a   De Bleser, R ^b   Poeck, K ^a   Weis, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fluent aphasia; Primary progressive aphasia; Spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APHASIA, PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRION DISEASES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031973788     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/121.1.115     Document Type: Article

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