Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration and/or frontotemporal dementia? A report of two overlap cases and review of literature

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 304-312

  Mathuranath, P S ^a   Xuereb, John H ^a   Bak, Thomas ^a   Hodges, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticobasal degeneration; Frontotemporal dementia; Frontotemporal lobar degeneration; Non Alzheimer dementias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 0034096706     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.68.3.304     Document Type: Article

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