Fronto-temporal dementia and motor neuron disease: A neuropsychological study

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 341-349

  Gentileschi, V ^a   Muggia, S ^a   Poloni, M ^a   Spinnler, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Fronto Temporal Dementia; Non Alzheimer degenerative dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 0032820728     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1999.tb00408.x     Document Type: Article

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