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Social cognition differentiates phenocopy syndrome of behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia from behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia.
Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society - 1 Jul 2024
van Engelen Marie-Paule E, Louwers Paulette, Fieldhouse Jay L P, Gossink Flora T, de Boer Sterre C M, Dols Annemieke, Scheltens Philip, Schouws Sigfried N T M, Pijnenburg Yolande A L, Vijverberg Everard G B, Krudop Welmoed A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Patients displaying clinical features of behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) but lacking both neuroimaging abnormalities and clinical progression are considered to represent the phenocopy syndrome of bvFTD (phFTD). Extensive clinical overlap between early phase bvFTD and phFTD hampers diagnostic distinction. We aimed to assess the diagnostic value of clinician-rated, self-reported...
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