A Spanish Neuropsychological Battery Discriminates Between the Behavioral Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia and Primary Progressive Aphasia in a Colombian Sample

A Spanish Neuropsychological Battery Discriminates Between the Behavioral Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia and Primary Progressive Aphasia in a Colombian Sample

The differential diagnosis among the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia FTD (bvFTD) and the linguist one primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is challenging. Presentations of dementia type or variants dominated by personality change or aphasia are frequently misinterpreted as psychiatric ill...

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Main Authors: Lina Velilla, Jonathan Hernández, Margarita Giraldo-Chica, Edmarie Guzmán-Vélez, Yakeel Quiroz, Francisco Lopera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
frontotemporal dementia
primary progressive aphasia
behavioral variant
neuropsychological tests
discriminant analyses
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2021.656478/full

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