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Semantic dementia associated with corticobasal syndrome: a further variant of frontotemporal lobe degeneration?

Authors: Simona Luzzi, Viviana Cafazzo, Mauro Silvestrini, Leandro Provinciali, Stuart Pickering-Brown, David Mann, Julie S. Snowden

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 7/2012

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Title: Semantic dementia associated with corticobasal syndrome: a further variant of frontotemporal lobe degeneration?
Authors: Simona Luzzi
Viviana Cafazzo
Mauro Silvestrini
Leandro Provinciali
Stuart Pickering-Brown
David Mann
Julie S. Snowden
Publication date: 01-07-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 7/2012
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-011-6389-y

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