Shining a light on posterior cortical atrophy

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 463-465

  Crutch, Sebastian J ^a   Schott, Jonathan M ^a   Rabinovici, Gil D ^b   Boeve, Bradley F ^c   Cappa, Stefano F ^d   Dickerson, Bradford C ^e   Dubois, Bruno ^f   Graff Radford, Neill R ^g   Krolak Salmon, Pierre ^h   Lehmann, Manja ^a,b   Mendez, Mario F ⁱ   Pijnenburg, Yolande ^j   Ryan, Natalie S ^a   Scheltens, Philip ^j   Shakespeare, Tim ^a   Tang Wai, David F ^k   Van Der Flier, Wiesje M ^j,l   Bain, Lisa ^k   Carrillo, Maria C ^m   Fox, Nick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f INSTITUT DU CERVEAU ET DE LA MOELLE ÉPINIÈRE   (France)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^l Independent Medical Writer   (United States)

^m ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION   (United States)

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Author keywords

Alzheimer's dementia; Atypical dementia; Diagnostic criteria; Differential diagnosis; Posterior cortical atrophy; Simultanagnosia; Visual disturbances; Visualperceptual disturbances

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EYE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84882454758     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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