Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 2 , Pages 191-197 , 31 March 2006

Primary progressive aphasia accompanied by environmental sound agnosia: A neuropsychological, MRI and PET study

  • Ingo Uttner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg 45, 89081 Ulm, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 731 177 5215; fax: +49 731 177 1202.
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  • Felix M. Mottaghy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Ulm, Robert-Koch-Str. 8, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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  • Herbert Schreiber

      Affiliations

    • Praxis für Neurologie, Pfauengasse 8, 89073 Ulm, Germany
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  • Axel Riecker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg 45, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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  • Albert C. Ludolph

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg 45, 89081 Ulm, Germany
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  • Jan Kassubek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg 45, 89081 Ulm, Germany

Received 21 July 2005 ,Revised 20 October 2005 ,Accepted 5 December 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.12.003

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 2 , Pages 191-197 , 31 March 2006

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