The FTLD-modified clinical dementia rating scale is a reliable tool for defining disease severity in frontotemporal lobar degeneration: Evidence from a brain spect study

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 703-707

  Borroni, B ^a   Agosti, C ^a   Premi, E ^a   Cerini, C ^a   Cosseddu, M ^a   Paghera, B ^a   Bellelli, G ^b   Padovani, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Geuatric Research Group   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disease severity; Frontotemporal Dementia; Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration; FTLD modified CDR; SPECT

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECALL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 77950888072     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02911.x     Document Type: Article

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