Hippocampal-sparing Alzheimer's disease presenting as corticobasal syndrome

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 683-685

  Malkani, Roneil G ^a   Dickson, Dennis W ^b   Simuni, Tanya ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL; ETIRACETAM;

ADULT; AGRAPHESTHESIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOMIA; APRAXIA; ASTEREOGNOSIS; ATTENTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DYSCALCULIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOCLONUS; NEGLECT; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SENILE PLAQUE; STRIATE CORTEX; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORKING MEMORY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84861183657     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2011.11.022     Document Type: Letter

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