Cognitive decline in the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 230-237

  Diehl Schmid, Janine ^a   Bornschein, Susanne ^a   Pohl, Corina ^a   Förstl, Hans ^a   Kurz, Alexander ^a   Jahn, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

annual rate of change; CERAD NAB; cognitive decline; frontotemporal dementia (FTD); MMSE; neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUENCY DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; REGISTER; SCORING SYSTEM; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD LIST RECALL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

AGE OF ONSET; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855541614     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161021000164X     Document Type: Article

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