A case of Fahr's disease presenting "diffuse neurofibrillary tangles with calcification"

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 745-749

  Nomoto, Nobuatsu ^a   Sugimoto, Hideki ^a   Iguchi, Hiroaki ^a   Kurihara, Teruyuki ^a   Wakata, Nobuo ^a  

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Author keywords

Diffuse neurofibrillary tangles with calcification; Fahr's disease; Leukoaraiosis; Periventricular hyperintensity; Presenile dementia

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHORUS;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENTATE NUCLEUS; FAHR DISEASE; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PUTAMEN; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0036706118     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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