Primary progressive apraxia: a syndrome difficult to categorize.
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چکیده
1Outpatient clinic for Memory and Behavior Disorders (ADEMEC), Instituto de Neurologia de Curitiba (INC), Curitiba PR, Brazil; 2ADEMEC, INC, Curitiba PR, Brazil; 3INC, Curitiba PR, Brazil; 4Center of Computed Tomography (CETAC), INC, Curitiba PR, Brazil. Correspondece: Ricardo Krause Martinez de Souza; Instituto de Neurologia de Curitiba; Rua Jeremias Maciel Perretto 300; 81210-310 Curitiba PR Brasil. E-mail: [email protected] Conflict of Interest: There is no conflict of interest to declare. Received 25 May 2012; Received in final form 13 September 2012; Accepted 20 September 2012.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
دوره 71 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013