Neuroanatomic correlates of visual agnosia in Alzheimer's disease: A clinicopathologic study

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-77

  Giannakopoulos, P ^a,c   Gold, G ^a   Duc, M ^a   Michel, J P ^a   Hof, P R ^b   Bouras, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Belle Idée   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGNOSIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENILE PLAQUE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0032955554     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.1.71     Document Type: Article

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