Vasectomy in men with primary progressive aphasia

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 190-193

  Weintraub, Sandra ^a,b   Fahey, Christopher ^a   Johnson, Nancy ^a   Mesulam, Marek Marsel ^a   Gitelman, Darren R ^a   Weitner, Bing B ^a   Rademaker, Alfred ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Frontotemporal; Frontotemporal lobar degeneration; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VASECTOMY;

AGED; APHASIA, PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; CHICAGO; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 33845781013     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnn.0000213923.48632.ab     Document Type: Article

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