Cortical sensory loss in a patient with posterior cortical atrophy: A case report

Neurocase

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-51

  Hsu, Jung Lung ^a   Chen, Wei Hung ^a   Chiu, Hou Chang ^a  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; ALEXIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOM; VISUAL DISORDER;

ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 3042736372     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790490960486     Document Type: Article

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