An autopsy case of atypical type of Alzheimer's disease clinically diagnosed as corticobasal degeneration

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 581-584

  Osako, Miho ^a   Mochizuki, Yoko ^a,b   Kugio, Yumiko ^a   Mizutani, Toshio ^a   Hayashi, Hideaki ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Kita Medical and Rehabilitation Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Asymmetrical atrophy; Corticobasal degeneration; Neuropathology; Parietal lobe

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEOCORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; AUTOPSY; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 35948989706     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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