Rapid-onset apathy may be the only clinical manifestation after dorsal striatum hemorrhagic lesion: A case report

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 192-194

  Spalletta, Gianfranco ^a   Cravello, Luca ^a   Piras, Fabrizio ^a   Iorio, Mariangela ^a   Sancesario, Giuseppe ^b   Marchi, Angela ^b   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,b   Cacciari, Claudia ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

apathy; neuropsychiatry; striatum; stroke

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; APATHY; APATHY RATING SCALE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DORSAL STRIATUM HEMORRHAGE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPERSOMNIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SEMANTIC MEMORY; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; VERBAL MEMORY; WEAKNESS; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

AGED; APATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STROKE;

EID: 84878826927     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e318260ab97     Document Type: Article

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