Frontoparietal dementia and parkinsonism: Autopy report of a sporadic case

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-63

  Toyoshima, Yasuko ^a   Wakabayashi, Koichi ^a   Nagai, Hiroko ^b   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Suibarago Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticobasal degeneration; Frontotemporal dementia; Parkinsonism; Tau

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; FRONTAL CORTEX; GAZE PARALYSIS; GLIOSIS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PARKINSONISM; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

AGED; ATROPHY; DEMENTIA; FRONTAL LOBE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0032935364     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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