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SUBMITTER: Weinstein J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3268521 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Weinstein Jessica J Koenig Phyllis P Gunawardena Delani D McMillan Corey C Bonner Michael M Grossman Murray M
Archives of neurology 20110201 2
<h4>Objective</h4>To understand the scope of semantic impairment in semantic dementia.<h4>Design</h4>Case study.<h4>Setting</h4>Academic medical center.<h4>Patient</h4>A man with semantic dementia, as demonstrated by clinical, neuropsychological, and imaging studies.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>Music performance and magnetic resonance imaging results.<h4>Results</h4>Despite profoundly impaired semantic memory for words and objects due to left temporal lobe atrophy, this semiprofessional musicia ...[more]