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Survival in a German Population with Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

Autor(en):
Nunnemann, Sabine; Last, Dirk; Schuster, Tibor; Förstl, Hans; Kurz, Alexander; Diehl-Schmid, Janine
Abstract:
Background: The present study aimed at analysing survival of patients with behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), semantic dementia (SD) and progressive non-fluent aphasia (PNFA). Furthermore, the objective of the study was to identify prognostic factors associated with survival and to examine causes of death. Methods: Interviews were performed with the proxies of 124 patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). Results: Survival from the onset of first symptoms was sign...     »
Stichworte:
Frontotemporal dementia; Frontotemporal lobar degeneration; Survival; Causes of death
Zeitschriftentitel:
Neuroepidemiology
Jahr:
2011
Band / Volume:
37
Heft / Issue:
3-4
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
160--165
Volltext / DOI:
doi:10.1159/000331485
Verlag / Institution:
S. Karger AG
Verlagsort:
Basel, Switzerland
Print-ISSN:
1423-0208
E-ISSN:
1423-0208
Hinweise:
Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich. This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
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