Suicide risk in frontotemporal lobe degeneration: To be considered, to be prevented

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194-196

  Alberici, Antonella ^a   Cottini, Elisabetta ^a   Cosseddu, Maura ^a   Borroni, Barbara ^a   Padovani, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

dementia; prevention; suicide

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA;

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; APATHETIC SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FOLLOW UP; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBE DEGENERATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE;

DEMENTIA; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84861459278     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e3182223254     Document Type: Article

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