Hiding in plain sight: A closer look at posterior cortical atrophy

Practical Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-13

  Beh, Shin C ^a,b   Muthusamy, Brinda ^a   Calabresi, Peter ^a   Hart, John ^b,c   Zee, David ^a   Patel, Vivek ^b   Frohman, Elliot ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Center for Brain Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASES; CASE REPORT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84921780662     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: 14747766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/practneurol-2014-000883     Document Type: Article

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