Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 111, Issue 10 , Pages 889-892 , December 2009

Neuro-Behcet's disease presenting with amnesia and frontal dysfunction

  • Masaru Mimura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Showa University School of Medicine, 5-11-11 Kita-Karasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157-8577, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Showa University School of Medicine, 6-11-11 Kita-Karasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157-8577, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 3300 5232; fax: +81 3 3308 1710.
    • ,
  • Motoichiro Kato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Haruo Kashima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Received 28 September 2008 ,Revised 4 August 2009 ,Accepted 6 August 2009.

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PII: S0303-8467(09)00205-4

doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.08.002

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 111, Issue 10 , Pages 889-892 , December 2009

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