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Clinical Phenotype of Behavioral-Variant Frontotemporal Dementia Reversed by ECT: A Case Report.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2024
Breitling Benedict, Bartels Claudia, Lange Claudia, Bouter Caroline, Falk Hannah Sönne, Wiltfang Jens, Zilles-Wegner David, Besse Matthias
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INTRODUCTION: Diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) remains difficult even in the presence of core clinical and imaging features. Furthermore, disease-modifying treatments are lacking. CASE PRESENTATION: Here, we report a case of a patient with clinical and imaging features of FTD. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) was used to target affective and catatonic symptoms. After ECT, the patient showed improvements...
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