Functional communication ability in frontotemporal lobar degeneration and Alzheimer's disease

Abstract Functional communication is crucial for independent and efficient communicative behavior in response to every day activities. In the course of dementia progression, cognitive losses may impair these abilities. For this reason, functional communication assessment should be part of a formal a...

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Main Authors: Isabel Albuquerque M. de Carvalho, Valéria Santoro Bahia, Leticia Lessa Mansur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642008000100031&lng=en&tlng=en