Frontotemporal dementia: Its definition, differential diagnosis, and management

Aphasiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 422-444

  Cycyk, Lauren M ^a   Wright, Heather Harris ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEMANTICS; SPEECH THERAPY; SYMPTOM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 41749099279     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030701394598     Document Type: Article

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