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Unilateral neglect in a patient diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Emilia J. Sitek*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Nursing, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland Department of Neurology, St. Adalbert Hospital, Gdańsk, Poland
Ewa Narożańska
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, St. Adalbert Hospital, Gdańsk, Poland
Jarosław Sławek
Affiliation:
Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Nursing, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland Department of Neurology, St. Adalbert Hospital, Gdańsk, Poland
Dariusz Wieczorek
Affiliation:
Department of Rehabilitation, Medical University of Gdansk Gdańsk, Poland
Bogna Brockhuis
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland
Piotr Lass
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland
Mirosława Dubaniewicz
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Medical University, Gdansk, Poland
Barbara Jasińska-Myga
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA Department of Neurology, Aging, Degenerative and Cerebrovascular Disorders, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Matt Baker
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Rosa Rademakers
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Zbigniew K. Wszołek
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
*
Dr Emilia J. Sitek, Department of Neurology, St. Adalbert Hospital, Al. Jana Pawla II 50, 80-462 Gdansk, Poland. Tel: 0048 58 768 46 61; Fax: 0048 58 340 92 90; E-mail: emiliasitek@amg.gda.pl

Abstract

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Comment & Critique
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Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/S

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