title: Asymmetric cortical degeneration syndromes.
abstract: Asymmetric cortical degeneration syndromes (aphasic, perceptual-motor, frontal lobe and bitemporal categories) encompass the majority of atypical cortical dementia patterns. New insights suggest the group is genetically heterogeneous. Debate continues over whether individual syndromes are points along a continuum or distinct nosologic entities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Arizona 85259, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Caselli
mesh_terms: D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D013494:Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive / Q000175:diagnosis; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon