Posterior cortical atrophy: A brief review

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 477-480

  Kirshner, Howard S ^a   Lavin, Patrick J M ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; APRAXIA; ATAXIA; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; REVIEW; SYNDROME; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS;

EID: 33751010452     PISSN: 15284042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11910-006-0049-0     Document Type: Review

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