Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: A behavioural and cognitive continuum

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-109

  Lillo, Patricia ^a   Savage, Sharon ^a   Mioshi, Eneida ^a   Kiernan, Matthew C ^a   Hodges, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Behavioural symptoms; Cognitive impairment; Frontotemporal dementia

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASCH ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84855384943     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482968.2011.639376     Document Type: Article

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