Posterior cortical atrophy: A review of the literature

Neurocase

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 382-385

  Caine, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL MEMORY;

APRAXIAS; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 12144269991     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790490892239     Document Type: Review

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