Frontotemporal dementia presenting as pathological gambling

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 347-352

  Manes, Facundo F ^a   Torralva, Teresa ^a   Roca, María ^a   Gleichgerrcht, Ezequiel ^a   Bekinschtein, Tristan A ^b   Hodges, John R ^c  

^a FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PAROXETINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THEORY; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 77955671781     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2010.34     Document Type: Article

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