Neuropsychiatric Aspects in a Patient Diagnosed with Frontotemporal Dementia: Clinical Case of Low Incidence and Prevalence Disease in Colombia

Neuropsychiatric Aspects in a Patient Diagnosed with Frontotemporal Dementia: Clinical Case of Low Incidence and Prevalence Disease in Colombia

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a neuropsychiatric pathology characterized by dysfunctions in the frontal lobe of the brain, especially in planning, execution, and inhibition tasks, with an inability to make decisions and handle different sequences, also affecting the temporal lobe. The patient pre...

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Main Authors: Juliana Vergel Hernández, María Eugenia Barrera Robledo, Carlos Alberto Hurtado González, Carlos Steven Marmolejo Escobar, Sebastián Ospina Otalvaro, Juan David Sánchez Tobón, Pablo Miguel Arango de la Pava, Juan José Alvarez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2021-07-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurology
Subjects:
attention
executive functions
frontal lobe
frontal temporal
frontotemporal dementia
memory
neurocognitive functioning
case report
Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/513851

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