Striatal infarcts mimicking frontotemporal dementia: A case report

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 457-460

  Nishio, Y ^a   Nakano, Y ^a   Matsumoto, K ^a   Hashimoto, M ^a   Kazul, H ^a   Hirono, N ^a   Ishii, K ^a   Mori, Etsuro ^a,b  

^a Hyogo Inst Aging Brain Cogn D   (Japan)

^b KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior thalamic peduncle; Caudate nucleus; Fronto subcortical circuits; Stereotyped and disinhibited behavior

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEMENTIA; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; BRAIN INFARCTION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEMENTIA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0042285775     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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