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Case Reports
. 1991 Dec;54(12):1110-1.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.54.12.1110.

Alzheimer's disease in a patient with posterior cortical atrophy

M L Berthier  1 , R Leiguarda, S E Starkstein, G Sevlever, A L Taratuto
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Case Reports

Alzheimer's disease in a patient with posterior cortical atrophy

M L Berthier et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1991 Dec.

Abstract

Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) is characterised by slowly progressive dementia with cognitive and perceptual deficits suggestive of bilateral parieto-occipital disease. A case is reported of a patient with PCA and neuropathological findings consistent with Alzheimer's disease.

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