When more is needed: The utility of the frontotemporal dementia scale in ALS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 169-171

  Hsieh, Sharpley ^a   Lillo, Patricia ^a   Kiernan, Matthew C ^a,b   Hodges, John R ^a,b   Mioshi, Eneida ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

ALSFRS R; ALSFTD; Disease progression; FRS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCAPSULATION; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84875700046     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2013.764899     Document Type: Article

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