Steroid treatment of primary progressive aphasia

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1533-1535

  Decker, David A ^b   Heilman, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPREHENSION; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SPEECH DISORDER; STEROID THERAPY; VASECTOMY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; APHASIA, PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEMORY; PREDNISONE; VASECTOMY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 55949084040     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.65.11.1533     Document Type: Article

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