A case with cholinesterase inhibitor responsive asymmetric posterior cortical atrophy

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-101

  Kim, Eunhee ^a   Lee, Yunsoo ^a   Lee, Jongkeol ^a   Han, Seol Heui ^a,b  

^a Chungbuk National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asymmetric posterior cortical atrophy; Cholinesterase inhibitor; Dressing apraxia; Visuoconstructional disability

Indexed keywords

GALANTAMINE;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

APRAXIAS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GALANTAMINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS;

EID: 28444493382     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.11.022     Document Type: Article

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