Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 103-111 , January 2009

Atrophy progression in semantic dementia with asymmetric temporal involvement: A tensor-based morphometry study

  • S.M. Brambati

      Affiliations

    • Memory Aging Center, UCSF Department of Neurology, San Francisco, CA, United States
    • Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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  • K.P. Rankin

      Affiliations

    • Memory Aging Center, UCSF Department of Neurology, San Francisco, CA, United States
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  • J. Narvid

      Affiliations

    • Memory Aging Center, UCSF Department of Neurology, San Francisco, CA, United States
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  • W.W. Seeley

      Affiliations

    • Memory Aging Center, UCSF Department of Neurology, San Francisco, CA, United States
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  • D. Dean

      Affiliations

    • Memory Aging Center, UCSF Department of Neurology, San Francisco, CA, United States
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  • H.J. Rosen

      Affiliations

    • Memory Aging Center, UCSF Department of Neurology, San Francisco, CA, United States
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  • B.L. Miller

      Affiliations

    • Memory Aging Center, UCSF Department of Neurology, San Francisco, CA, United States
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  • J. Ashburner

      Affiliations

    • Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, Functional Imaging Laboratory, London, UK
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  • M.L. Gorno-Tempini

      Affiliations

    • Memory Aging Center, UCSF Department of Neurology, San Francisco, CA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: UCSF Memory and Aging Center, 350 Parnassus Avenue, Suite 506, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States. Tel.: +1 415 476 1895; fax: +1 415 476 0213.

Received 6 February 2007 ,Revised 18 April 2007 ,Accepted 17 May 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.05.014

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 103-111 , January 2009

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