Dementia Pugilistica with clinical features of Alzheimer's disease

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 3 B, 2007, Pages 830-833

  Areza Fegyveres, Renata ^a,c   Rosemberg, Sergio ^a   Castro, Rosa Maria R P S ^b   Porto, Claudia Sellitto ^a   Bahia, Valéria Santoro ^a   Caramelli, Paulo ^a   Nitrini, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Chronic traumatic encephalopathy; Dementia; Dementia pugilistica; Neuropathology; Parkinsonian motor signs; Punch drunk

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOXING; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA PUGILISTICA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 35448965048     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000500019     Document Type: Article

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