Aphasia with left occipitotemporal hypometabolism: A novel presentation of posterior cortical atrophy?

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1237-1240

  Wicklund, Meredith R ^a   Duffy, Joseph R ^a   Strand, Edythe A ^a   Whitwell, Jennifer L ^a   MacHulda, Mary M ^a   Josephs, Keith A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer dementia; Aphasia; Functional neuroimaging; Neuropsychology; Visual agnosia

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PITTSBURGH COMPOUND B;

ADULT; AGED; ANOMIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LEARNING TEST; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITOTEMPORAL HYPOMETABOLISM; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; STRIATE CORTEX; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE;

ALZHEIMER DEMENTIA; APHASIA; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; VISUAL AGNOSIA;

AGED; APHASIA; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84883135743     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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