Fahr's syndrome presenting with pure and progressive presenile dementia

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 367-369

  Modrego, P J ^a,b   Mojonero, J ^b   Serrano, M ^b   Fayed, N ^c  

^a Hospital de Alcañiz ^*  (Spain)

^b Hospital de Alcañiz   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL QUIRÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fahr's syndrome; Presenile dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FAHR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESENILE DEMENTIA; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 30744472634     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-005-0493-7     Document Type: Article

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