Apraxia profile differentiates behavioural variant frontotemporal from Alzheimer's dementia in mild disease stages

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 809-815

  Johnen, Andreas ^a   Tokaj, Amelie ^a   Kirschner, Anne ^a   Wiendl, Heinz ^a   Lueg, Gero ^a   Duning, Thomas ^a   Lohmann, Hubertus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOGNE APRAXIA SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; IDEOMOTOR APRAXIA TEST; IMITATION; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MUNSTER APRAXIA ITEMS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY; ATAXIA; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATAXIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84939251193     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2014-308773     Document Type: Article

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