A case of idiopathic basal ganglia calcification presenting with only acting-out attacks and mild cognitive impairment: PET findings [11]

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 348-349

  Yulug, Burak ^a   Bakar, Mustafa ^a   Karapolat, Inanc ^b   Güzel, Orkide ^c   Schäbitz, Wolf Rüdiger ^d  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Izmir Sifa Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^c DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTING OUT; ADULT; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAHR DISEASE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LETTER; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 34548065468     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2007.19.3.348     Document Type: Letter

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