Is early-onset clinically different from late-onset frontotemporal dementia?

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1412-1415

  Borroni, B ^a,b   Agosti, C ^b   Bellelli, G ^c   Padovani, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c 'Ancelle della Carita' Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age at onset; Behavioural disturbances; Frontotemporal dementia; Neuropshychological assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 56049093893     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02338.x     Document Type: Article

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