Week 11: Frontotemporal Dementia Flashcards
1
Q
CM
A
changes in personality and social behavior and language
•A subset of patients may exhibit symptoms of Parkinsonism or motor neuron involvement at some point in the disease process
2
Q
Heterogeneous disorder characterized by ____ degeneration of the _____ and/or ____ lobes
A
Focal
Frontal
Temporal
3
Q
Subtypes of FTD
A
Behavioral variant (formerly known as Pick’s disease)
Nonfluent aphasia
Semantic dementia
4
Q
Behavior variant
A
Sx are in personality and behavior
5
Q
Semantic dementia
A
Loss in the meaning of words
6
Q
Progressive non- fluent aphasia
A
Problem producing speech
