Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and applicability of the Brazilian version of the Frontotemporal Dementia Rating Scale (FTD-FRS)

Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and applicability of the Brazilian version of the Frontotemporal Dementia Rating Scale (FTD-FRS)

ABSTRACT Background: Staging scales for dementia have been devised for grading Alzheimer's disease (AD) but do not include the specific symptoms of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). Objective: To translate and adapt the Frontotemporal Dementia Rating Scale (FTD-FRS) to Brazilian Portu...

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Main Authors: Thais Bento Lima-Silva, Valéria Santoro Bahia, Viviane Amaral Carvalho, Henrique Cerqueira Guimarães, Paulo Caramelli, Márcio Balthazar, Benito Damasceno, Cássio Machado de Campos Bottino, Sônia Maria Dozzi Brucki, Eneida Mioshi, Ricardo Nitrini, Mônica Sanches Yassuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
Subjects:
frontotemporal lobar degeneration
behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia
Alzheimer dementia
clinical staging
disease progression.
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