Posterior cortical atrophy: A rare visual variant of Alzheimer's disease

Neurology India

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 297-299

  Gafoor, V Abdul ^a   Jose, James ^a   Saifudheen, K ^a   Musthafa, Mohamed ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGNOSIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIA; ATAXIA; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CONSTRUCTIVE APRAXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCULAR MOTOR APRAXIA; OPTIC ATAXIA; POSTERIOR CORTICAL ATROPHY; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SIMULTAGNOSIA; VISUAL DISORDER;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 79955415549     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.79154     Document Type: Letter

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