"Denkfaulheit" in frontotemporal dementia: a preliminary analysis.

Full Abstract

The initial recognition of frontotemporal dementia is often difficult. Frontotemporal dementia presents with subtle personality changes in the absence of a definitive biomarker. The authors report an analysis of cognitive shallowness, or "Denkfaulheit," in patients with frontotemporal dementia early in its course.

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Author information

Author/s: Mendez, Mario F (MF); Shapira, Jill S (JS); Licht, Eliot A (EA);

Affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Mmendez@UCLA.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

Journal: The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-; vol 20 (issue 2) : pp 219-22

Dates: Created 2008/05/02; Completed 2008/07/02;

PMID: 18451193, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Aged
Alzheimer Disease - physiopathology
Cognition Disorders - etiology
Dementia - diagnosis; physiopathology; psychology
Female

Humans
Male
Mental Fatigue - etiology
Middle Aged
Personality

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