Neurodegenerative diseases are a common cause of morbidity and cognitive impairment in
older adults. Most clinicians who care for the elderly are not trained to diagnose these …

BackgroundPopulation-based prevalence and incidence studies are essential for
understanding the burden of frontotemporal dementia (FTD). MethodsThe MEDLINE and …

The study of the incidence and prevalence of dementia is important to understand the
distribution of dementing illness among age and sex groups, and for the detection of …

The frontotemporal dementia (FTD) spectrum of neurodegenerative disorders includes a
heterogeneous group of conditions. However, following on from a series of important …

Dementia is defined as a gradual cognitive impairment that interferes with everyday tasks,
and is a leading cause of dependency, disability, and mortality. According to the current …

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are leading
causes of cognitive decline. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) allows the measurement …

The term frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) refers to a group of progressive brain
diseases, which preferentially involve the frontal and temporal lobes. Depending on the …

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a neurodegenerative disease, leading to behavioral
changes and language difficulties. Heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in progranulin …

Speech–language pathologists play a crucial role in the assessment and treatment of
individuals with primary progressive aphasia (PPA). The speech–language evaluation is a …

Abstract Objective The distinction between Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) variants
remains challenging for clinicians, especially for the non-fluent (nfv-PPA) and the logopenic …