The right temporal lobe variant of frontotemporal dementia: Cognitive and neuroanatomical profile of three patients

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1447-1458

  Joubert, Sven ^a,b   Felician, Olivier ^b,c   Barbeau, Emmanuel ^b,d   Ranjeva, Jean Philippe ^e   Christophe, Marion ^b   Didic, Mira ^b,f   Poncet, Michel ^b,f   Ceccaldi, Mathieu ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Service de Neurologie et de Neuropsychologie   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e University of Aix Marseille   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; RIGHT TEMPORAL DEMENTIA; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33845661894     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0232-x     Document Type: Article

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