"fantastic Thinking" in pathologically proven pick disease

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-134

  Kremen, Sarah A ^a,b   Solis, Orestes E ^c   Shapira, Jill S ^b   Vinters, Harry V ^b,c   Mendez, Mario F ^a,b  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confabulations; Delusions; Fantasy; Frontotemporal dementia; Pick disease

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; QUETIAPINE; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRUXISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFABULATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELUSION; FANTASY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMAGINATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PICK PRESENILE DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL BELIEF; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THINKING; ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; DISEASE COURSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PICK DISEASE OF THE BRAIN; THINKING;

EID: 77954022972     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e3181df3007     Document Type: Article

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