Left/right asymmetry of atrophy in semantic dementia: Behavioral-cognitive implications

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1196-1203

  Thompson, Siân A ^a   Patterson, Karalyn ^b   Hodges, John R ^a,b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SPEECH DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE ATROPHY;

EID: 0242412138     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000091868.28557.B8     Document Type: Article

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