Early diagnosis of the frontal variant of frontotemporal dementia: How sensitive are standard neuroimaging and neuropsychologic tests?

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 128-135

  Gregory, Carol A ^a   Serra Mestres, Jordi ^b   Hodges, John R ^c  

^a FULBOURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ATROPHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0033494503     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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