Dementia and frontal lobe function.
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Dementia of frontal lobe type.
A significant proportion of patients with presenile dementia due to primary cerebral atrophy do not have Alzheimer's disease. One form of non-Alzheimer dementia may be designated as dementia of frontal lobe type (DFT), on the basis of a characteristic neuropsychological picture suggestive of frontal lobe disorder, confirmed by findings on single photon emission tomography. The case histories of...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Higher Brain Function Research
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0285-9513,1880-6716
DOI: 10.2496/apr.10.127