Clinical characteristics of patients with frontotemporal dementia with and without lobar atrophy on MRI

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 242-247

  Koedam, Esther L G E ^a   Van Der Flier, Wiesje M ^a   Barkhof, Frederik ^a   Koene, Ted ^a   Scheltens, Philip ^a   Pijnenburg, Yolande A L ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

clinical characteristics; focal atrophy; FTD; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ATROPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 77956409050     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e3181cfe326     Document Type: Article

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