Impulse control disorders in frontotemporal dementia: Spectrum of symptoms and response to treatment

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 760.e5-760.e7

  Pompanin, Sara ^a   Jelcic, Nela ^b   Cecchin, Diego ^a   Cagnin, Annachiara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Binge eating disorder; Compulsion; Frontotemporal dementia; Impulse control disorder; Topiramate

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TOPIRAMATE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; FRUCTOSE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; APATHY; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DORSOLATERAL FRONTAL CORTEX; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RIGIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXCORIATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; COMPLICATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; FLUVOXAMINE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FRUCTOSE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84919457948     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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