Prominent hypometabolism of the right temporoparietal and frontal cortex in two left-handed patients with primary progressive aphasia

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 249, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1263-1267

  Drzezga, Alexander ^a   Grimmer, Timo ^b   Siebner, Hartwig ^c   Minoshima, Satoshi ^d   Schwaiger, Markus ^a   Kurz, Alexander ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Left handedness; Positron Emission Tomography; Primary progressive aphasia; Regional cerebral metabolism

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 0036042276     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-002-0832-z     Document Type: Article

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