Frontotemporal dementia and neuropsychology: the value of missing values
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Frontotemporal dementia and neuropsychology: the value of missing values.
OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of missing values due to behavioural disturbances on the neuropsychological test profile in frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The neuropsychological examination of patients with FTD poses a methodological problem. In many patients it is impossible to administer a complete test battery, due to behavioural disturbances inherent to the disease. This study describes...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.68.6.726