Complex cognitive disruption in frontal dementia related to motor neuron disease

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 92, Issue 3 PART 2, 2001, Pages 1213-1229

  Moretti, Rita ^a   Torre, Paola ^b   Antonello, Rodolfo M ^b   De Masi, Roberto ^b   Cazzato, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ATROPHY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035376607     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2001.92.3c.1213     Document Type: Article

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