Case 40-1977
- 6 October 1977
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 297 (14), 773-780
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197710062971408
Abstract
Presentation of CaseA 62-year-old right-handed man was admitted to the hospital because of progressive dementia.The patient was a native of the Cape Verde Islands, from which he emigrated to this country at the age of 52 years. There was a history of severe head injury in his twenties that resulted in coma for eight days. Convalescence was prolonged, but he finally improved and was able to return to work as a civil servant fluent in Portuguese and English. Ten years before admission he had a seizure that involved the right extremities, followed by a brief period of speech . . .Keywords
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