Fahr's disease: A differential diagnosis of frontal lobe syndrome

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-77

  Lam, Joyce S P ^a   Fong, Samson Y Y ^a   Yiu, G C ^b   Wing, Y K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia diseases; Calcification; Frontal lobe; Physiologic

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SULPIRIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMOTIONAL INCONTINENCE; FAHR DISEASE; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BRAIN DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CRYING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSARTHRIA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LAUGHTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947596872     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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