Neuropsychological Findings in Frontal Lobe Dementia

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Neuropsychological investigations were performed on 18 patients with a clinical diagnosis of frontal lobe dementia supported by regional cerebral blood flow measurements. Nature and degree of cognitive impairment were examined with a comprehensive test battery. The results of the neuropsychological assessment could be described as three levels of cognitive impairment. The increasing levels of cognitive impairment were accompanied by corresponding levels of reduced cerebral blood flow in frontotemporal areas. No apparent relationship emerged between impairment level and illness duration, indicating a considerable individual variation in the clinical course of frontal lobe dementia.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): DEM

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.1420-8008

Title: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISBN: 978-3-8055-5824-2

ISBN: 978-3-8055-8760-0

ISSN (Print): 1420-8008

ISSN (Electronic): 1421-9824

Publication date Subscription-year: 1993

Publication date (Print): 1993

Publication date (Electronic): 27 July 1993

Volume: 4

Issue: 3-4

Pages: 214-219

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Departments of Psychogeriatrics and Psychiatry, Lund, Sweden

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Publisher ID: 107325 Other ID: Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 1993;4:214–219

DOI: 10.1159/000107325

SO-VID: 31077e4c-20f2-4616-9ec2-70a9ca5af473

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