Ubiquitin-positive frontotemporal lobar degeneration presenting with progressive Gogi (word-meaning) aphasia. A neuropsychological, radiological and pathological evaluation of a Japanese semantic dementia patient

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 3-9

  Sakurai, Yasuhisa ^a   Tsuchiya, Kuniaki ^b   Oda, Tatsuro ^c   Hori, Koji ^c   Tominaga, Itaru ^c   Akiyama, Haruhiko ^d   Bando, Mitsuaki ^e   Haga, Chie ^d   Iwata, Makoto ^f   Mannen, Toru ^a  

^a MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c National Hospital Organization Shimofusa Psychiatric Medical Center   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frontotemporal dementia; Gogi aphasia; Semantic dementia; Surface dyslexia; Ubiquitin inclusions

Indexed keywords

UBIQUITIN;

ADULT; AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANOMIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL INCLUSION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPREHENSION; DEMENTIA; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSLEXIA; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GRANULAR CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LANGUAGE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; READING; SEMANTICS; SUBICULUM; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGED; APHASIA; ATROPHY; BRAIN; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSLEXIA, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; JAPAN; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PICK DISEASE OF THE BRAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UBIQUITIN; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33750322188     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.05.067     Document Type: Article

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