Closing-in behaviour in fronto-temporal dementia

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 256, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1004-1006

  Ambron, Elisabetta ^a,b   Allaria, Francesca ^c   McIntosh, Robert D ^a   Della Sala, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Universita degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIA; BEHAVIOR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67650473258     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5027-4     Document Type: Letter

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