Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 95-103 , January 2003

The MRI pattern of frontal and temporal brain atrophy in fronto-temporal dementia

  • Marina Boccardi

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Epidemiology and Neuroimaging, IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio, FBF, via Pilastroni 4, I-25125, Brescia, Italy
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  • Mikko P Laakso

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
    • Clinical Radiology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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  • Lorena Bresciani

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Epidemiology and Neuroimaging, IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio, FBF, via Pilastroni 4, I-25125, Brescia, Italy
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  • Samantha Galluzzi

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Epidemiology and Neuroimaging, IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio, FBF, via Pilastroni 4, I-25125, Brescia, Italy
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  • Cristina Geroldi

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Epidemiology and Neuroimaging, IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio, FBF, via Pilastroni 4, I-25125, Brescia, Italy
    • Alzheimer’s Unit, IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio, FBF, Brescia, Italy
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  • Alberto Beltramello

      Affiliations

    • Service of Neuroradiology, Ospedale Maggiore, Verona, Italy
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  • Hilkka Soininen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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  • Giovanni B Frisoni

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Epidemiology and Neuroimaging, IRCCS San Giovanni di Dio, FBF, via Pilastroni 4, I-25125, Brescia, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39-3-350-1361; fax: +39-2-7004-35727.

Received 24 August 2001 ,Revised 11 March 2002 ,Accepted 11 March 2002.

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Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 95-103 , January 2003

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