Sensitivity of current criteria for the diagnosis of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementiaSYMBOL
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Piguet, O; Hornberger, M; Shelley, B P.; Kipps, C M.; Hodges, J R.
- Source
- Neurology (Ovid); February 2009, Vol. 72 Issue: 8 p732-737, 6p
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- ISSN
- 00283878; 1526632X
Diagnosis of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) relies on criteria that are constraining and potentially ambiguous. Some features are open to clinical interpretation and their prevalence unknown. This study investigated the sensitivity of current diagnostic criteria in a large group of patients with bvFTD.