A language-based sum score for the course and therapeutic intervention in primary progressive aphasia

A language-based sum score for the course and therapeutic intervention in primary progressive aphasia

Abstract Background With upcoming therapeutic interventions for patients with primary progressive aphasia (PPA), instruments for the follow-up of patients are needed to describe disease progression and to evaluate potential therapeutic effects. So far, volumetric brain changes have been proposed as...

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Main Authors: Elisa Semler, Sarah Anderl-Straub, Ingo Uttner, Janine Diehl-Schmid, Adrian Danek, Beate Einsiedler, Klaus Fassbender, Klaus Fliessbach, Hans-Jürgen Huppertz, Holger Jahn, Johannes Kornhuber, Bernhard Landwehrmeyer, Martin Lauer, Rainer Muche, Johannes Prudlo, Anja Schneider, Matthias L. Schroeter, Albert C. Ludolph, Markus Otto, for the FTLD consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy
Subjects:
Frontotemporal dementia
Cognitive neuropsychology in dementia
Assessment of cognitive disorders/dementia
Volumetric MRI
Aphasia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13195-018-0345-3

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