Symptomatological characteristics distinguish between frontotemporal dementia and vascular dementia with a dominant frontal lobe syndrome

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 656-661

  Sjögren, Magnus ^a   Wallin, Anders ^a   Edman, Åke ^a,b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b VARBERG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical examination; Dementia; Diagnosis; Frontal lobe dementia; Leukoaraiosis; Pick's disease; Regional brain syndromes; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030767852     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199706)12:6<656::AID-GPS593>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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