Corticobasal syndrome: Recent advances and future directions

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 462-473

  Aiba, Ikuko ^a  

^a National Hospital Organization Higashi Nagoya National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticobasal degeneration; Corticobasal syndrome; Frontotemporal lobar degeneration; Tauopathy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE;

EID: 84859739062     PISSN: 18816096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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