Posterior cortical atrophy. Its neuropsychological profile and differences from typical Alzheimer's disease;Atrofia cortical posterior. Perfil neuropsicológico y diferencias con la enfermedad de Alzheimer típica

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 178-182

  Caprile, C ^a   Bosch, B ^a   Rami, L ^a   Sanchez Valle Diaz R ^a   Bartres Faz D ^b   Molinuevo, J L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementias; Differential diagnosis; Neuropsychological tests; Neuropsychology; Posterior cortical atrophy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; POSTERIOR CORTICAL ATROPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; VISION; ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 62649149891     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4804.2008579     Document Type: Article

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