MMSE scores decline at a greater rate in frontotemporal degeneration than in AD

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 194-199

  Chow, Tiffany W ^a,b   Hynan, Linda S ^c,d   Lipton, Anne M ^d  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Division of Geriatric Psychiatry   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Frontotemporal degeneration; Frontotemporal dementia; Mini Mental State Examination

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748188965     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094870     Document Type: Article

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