Progressive dementia and gait disorder in a 78 year old woman

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 526-531

  Tagliati, Michele ^a   Perl, Daniel P ^a   Drayer, Burton ^b   Olanow, C Warren ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; LEVODOPA;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

AGED; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOVEMENT DISORDERS;

EID: 0034057946     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.68.4.526     Document Type: Article

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