Diffuse neurofibrillary tangles with calcification (DNTC): Kosaka-Shibayama disease in America

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 535-537

  Nanda, Sudip ^a   Bhatt, Surya Prakash ^a   Pamula, John ^a   Woodruff, William W ^b   Fowler, Martin ^b   Miller, Donna ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b St Luke's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

DNTC; Fahr's calcification; Neurofibrillary tangles; Plaque like structure; synuclein

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANOMIA; APATHY; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSE NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE WITH CALCIFICATION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; SENILE DEMENTIA; TEMPORAL LOBE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38749119066     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317507312270     Document Type: Article

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