Dementia of frontal lobe type in Kennedy's disease

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 250-253

  Kessler, H ^a   Prudlo, J ^a   Kraft, S ^a   Supprian, T ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dementia of frontal lobe type; Kennedy's disease; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; GLUCOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 9Q; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; KENNEDY DISEASE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANGER; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FASCICULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INCREASED APPETITE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RESTLESSNESS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISORDERS, ATROPHIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 29244491645     PISSN: 14660822     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14660820510036558     Document Type: Article

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