Neuropathological correlates of lower limb corticobasal degeneration: Scientific correspondence

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 623-627

  Horvath, J ^a   Kovari E ^a   Bouras, C ^a   Burkhard, P R ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSTONIA; FRONTAL LOBE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LEG; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PARIETAL LOBE; PARKINSONISM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; RIGIDITY;

APRAXIAS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 70449724659     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2009.01039.x     Document Type: Article

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