Characterization of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 337-341

  Lomen Hoerth, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Frontotemporal dementia; Frontotemporal lobar dementia; Nonfluent progressive aphasia; Semantic dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MORBIDITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DEMENTIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 2642559477     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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