Memory disturbances and temporal lobe epilepsy simulating Alzheimer's disease: A case report

Functional Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-41

  Sinforiani, Elena ^a   Manni, Raffaele ^a   Bernasconi, Luca ^a   Banchieri, Lara Maria ^a   Zucchella, Chiara ^a  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Epilepsy; Memory impairment; MRI; Neuropsychological evaluation

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DONEPEZIL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; DISORIENTATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HABIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0038299036     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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