Foreign accent syndrome as the initial sign of primary progressive aphasia

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-81

  Luzzi, S ^a   Viticchi, G ^a   Piccirilli, M ^b   Fabi, K ^a   Pesallaccia, M ^a   Bartolini, M ^a   Provinciali, L ^a   Snowden, J S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN ACCENT SYNDROME; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISORDER; SUPRASYLVIAN GYRUS; SYMPTOM;

AGED; APHASIA, PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 37749048220     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.113365     Document Type: Article

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