Underdiagnosis of frontotemporal lobar degeneration in Brazil

Abstract Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that involves the frontal and anterior temporal lobes. It is characterized by prominent behavioral and language disorders. There are three variants of FTLD: frontotemporal dementia (FTD), semantic dementia...

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Main Author: Valéria Santoro Bahia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642007000400361&lng=en&tlng=en