Clinical, genetic, and neuropathologic characteristics of posterior cortical atrophy

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1168-1174

  Tang Wai, D F ^a,d,f   Graff Radford, N R ^a,d   Boeve, B F ^a,c   Dickson, D W ^a,d   Parisi, J E ^a,c   Crook, R ^b,d   Caselli, R J ^a,e   Knopman, D S ^a,c   Petersen, R C ^a,c  

^a Mayo Alzheimer's Dis Res Center   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALEXIA; ANOMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 5344236757     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000140289.18472.15     Document Type: Article

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