Better dementia assessments.
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Name: JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
ISSN: 1538-3598
Pages: 227
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- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22797624
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.8388
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Heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by frontal and temporal lobe atrophy associated with neuronal loss, gliosis, and dementia. Patients exhibit progressive changes in social, behavioral, and/or language function. Multiple subtypes or forms are recognized based on presence or absence of TAU PROTEIN inclusions. FTLD includes three clinical syndromes: FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA, semantic dementia, and PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE NONFLUENT APHASIA.
Frontotemporal Dementia
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Dementia, Vascular
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