Motor neuron disease and frontotemporal dementia: One, two, or three diseases

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Bak, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; cognition; frontotemporal dementia; language; motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DYSARTHRIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETICS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL COGNITION;

EID: 78650963430     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.74250     Document Type: Review

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