Open AccessEnd Stage Clinical Features and Cause of Death of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia and Young-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
Author(s) -
MariePaule E. van Engelen,
Flora Gossink,
Lieke S. de Vijlder,
Jan R. A. Meursing,
Philip Scheltens,
Annemiek Dols,
Yolande A.L. Pijnenburg
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of alzheimer's disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.677
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1875-8908
pISSN - 1387-2877
DOI - 10.3233/jad-200337
Subject(s) - frontotemporal dementia , disease , dementia , medicine , psychiatry , psychology , clinical psychology
Limited literature exists regarding the clinical features of end stage behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD). This data is indispensable to inform and prepare family members as well as professional caregivers for the expected disease course and to anticipate with drug-based and non-pharmacological treatment strategies.