Metabolic correlates of neuropsychological assessment in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia
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Behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia
OBJECTIVE To identify distinct behavioral phenotypes of behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) and to elucidate differences in functional, neuroimaging, and progression to residential care placement. METHODS Eighty-eight patients with bvFTD were included in a cluster analysis applying levels of disinhibition and apathy (Cambridge Behavioural Inventory-Revised) to identify phenotyp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Alzheimer's & Dementia
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1552-5260,1552-5279
DOI: 10.1002/alz.044097