Applause sign: Is it really specific for Parkinsonian disorders? Evidence from cortical dementias

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 830-833

  Luzzi, S ^a   Fabi, K ^a   Pesallaccia, M ^a   Silvestrini, M ^a   Provinciali, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APPLAUSE SIGN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE;

EID: 79960122566     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.224394     Document Type: Article

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