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The bvFTD phenocopy syndrome: a case study supported by repeated MRI, [18F]FDG-PET and pathological assessment.
Neurocase - 1 Apr 2021
van Engelen Marie-Paule E, Rozemuller Annemieke J M, Ulugut Erkoyun Hülya, Groot Colin, Fieldhouse Jay L P, Koene Ted, Ossenkoppele Rik, Gossink Flora T, Krudop Welmoed A, Vijverberg Everard G B, Dols Annemieke, Barkhof Frederik, Berckel Bart N M Van, Scheltens Philip, Brain Bank Netherlands, Pijnenburg Yolande A L
Abstract excerpt
A clinical syndrome with neuropsychiatric features of bvFTD without neuroimaging abnormalities and a lack of decline is a phenocopy of bvFTD (phFTD). Growing evidence suggests that psychological, psychiatric and environmental factors underlie phFTD. We describe a patient diagnosed with bvFTD prior to the revision of the diagnostic guidelines of FTD. Repeated neuroimaging was normal and there was no FTD pathology...
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