The plight of caring for young patients with frontotemporal dementia

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-115

  Chemali, Z ^a   Withall, A ^b,c   Daffner, K R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost; Early onset; Frontotemporal dementia (FTD); Policy; System issues

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77749251920     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317509352335     Document Type: Article

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