Corticobasal syndrome as a focal variant of Alzheimer’s disease
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We present A 60-year-old woman with a 2-year history of progressive anterograde memory deficit, 18F-FDG PET/CT and 11C-PIB studies performed. In the follow-up she presented typical corticobasal syndrome extrapyramidal signs left superior limb dystonia. These clinical imaging features are consistent focal presentation AD.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Applied Cognitive Neuroscience
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2745-0031']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17981/jacn.3.2.2022.06