Frontotemporal dementia presenting as schizophrenia-like psychosis in young people: Clinicopathological series and review of cases

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 298-305

  Velakoulis, D ^a,c   Walterfang, M ^a   Mocellin, R ^a   Pantelis, C ^a   McLean, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; DEMENTIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TAU PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64149128171     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.057034     Document Type: Article

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