Frontotemporal dementia: A clinical-pathological study

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 224-229

  Michotte, A ^a,c   Goldman, S ^b   Tugendhaft, P ^b   Zegers De Beyl, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c AZ VUB   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dementia lacking distinctive histology; Frontotemporal dementia; Immunohistochemistry; Neuropathology; PET scan; Tauopathy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL LOSS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENETICS; GLIA CELL; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOGENESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0035704883     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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