Frontotemporal lobar degeneration/Definition: Difference between revisions
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A rare form of dementia that is sometimes familial. Clinical features include aphasia; apraxia; confusion; [[anomia]]; memory loss; and personality deterioration. This pattern is consistent with the pathologic findings of circumscribed atrophy of the poles of the frontal lobe and temporal lobe | A rare form of dementia that is sometimes familial. Clinical features include aphasia; apraxia; confusion; [[anomia]]; memory loss; and personality deterioration. This pattern is consistent with the pathologic findings of circumscribed atrophy of the poles of the frontal lobe and temporal lobe.<noinclude>{{DefMeSH}}</noinclude> | ||
Latest revision as of 15:50, 14 May 2010
A rare form of dementia that is sometimes familial. Clinical features include aphasia; apraxia; confusion; anomia; memory loss; and personality deterioration. This pattern is consistent with the pathologic findings of circumscribed atrophy of the poles of the frontal lobe and temporal lobe.
This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.