Diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia: recommendations of the Scientific Department of Cognitive Neurology and Aging of the Brazilian Academy of Neurology
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT “Frontotemporal dementia” (FTD) is a clinical syndrome characterized by the focal involvement of the frontal and/or temporal lobes. FTD has three clinical phenotypes: the behavioral variant and two linguistic subtypes, namely, non-fluent/agrammatic primary progressive aphasia (PPA-NF/A) and semantic PPA (PPA-S). FTD is the second most common cause of dementia in individuals under the age of 65 years. This article presents recommendations for the diagnosis of FTD in the Brazilian scenario, considering the three levels of complexity of the health system: primary health care, secondary and tertiary levels. Diagnostic guidelines are proposed, including cognitive testing, behavioral and language assessments, laboratory tests, and neuroimaging.
Source: Dementia & Neuropsychologia
Authors: Leonardo Cruz de Souza, Mirna Lie Hosogi, Thais Helena Machado, Maria Teresa Carthery-Goulart, Mônica Sanches Yassuda, Jerusa Smid, Breno José Alencar Pires Barbosa, Lucas Porcello Schilling, Marcio Luiz Figueredo Balthazar, Norberto Anízio Ferreira Frota, Francisco Assis Carvalho Vale, Paulo Caramelli, Paulo Henrique Ferreira Bertolucci, Márcia Lorena Fagundes Chaves, Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki, Ricardo Nitrini, Valéria Santoro Bahia, Leonel Tadao Takada
Institutions: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, Universidade Federal do ABC, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira, Instituto do Cérebro, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Universidade de Fortaleza, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Cidade de São Paulo
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4312846470