Abstract |
OBJECTIVES: METHODS: RESULTS: The mean of the MMSE score was 12.4±10.7for patients with FTLD and 11.9±6.2for patients with AD (p=0.93). Mean scores on the DAD were 33.7±27.7in patients with FTLD and 55.6±29.7in patients with AD (p=0.06), while for the FBI they were 42.6±10.0for FTLD and 16.7±11.7for AD (p<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, FBI was found to be a helpful tool for the differential diagnosis between FTLD and AD. Although the DAD was not useful in differential diagnosis in our sample we believe it to be important for measuring the severity of the disease through quantitative and qualitative assessment of functional deficits of the patients.
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Authors | Valéria Santoro Bahia, Mari-Nilva Maia da Silva, Rene Viana, Jerusa Smid, Antonio Eduardo Damin, Márcia Radanovic, Ricardo Nitrini |
Journal | Dementia & neuropsychologia
(Dement Neuropsychol)
2008 Apr-Jun
Vol. 2
Issue 2
Pg. 108-113
ISSN: 1980-5764 [Print] Brazil |
PMID | 29213552
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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