Predicting loss of independence and mortality in frontotemporal lobar degeneration syndromes
Publication: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Alexander G Murley, Matthew A Rouse, Ian T S Coyle-Gilchrist, P Simon Jones, Win Li, Julie Wiggins, Claire Lansdall, Patricia Vázquez Rodríguez, Alicia Wilcox, Karalyn Patterson, James B Rowe
9 February 2021
Summary
Researchers looked at the clinical features associated with survival in the syndromes related to frontotemporal lobar degeneration, including frontotemporal dementia, progressive suprnuclear palsy and corticobasal syndrome.
They found that behavioural disturbance, including impulsivity and apathy, is associated with reduced functionally independent survival.