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"Denkfaulheit" in Frontotemporal Dementia: A Preliminary Analysis

Received December 11, 2006; revised May 9, 2007; accepted May 18, 2007. The authors are affiliated with the Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California at Los Angeles. Address correspondence to M. F. Mendez, M.D., Neurobehavior Unit (116AF), VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare, 11301 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90073; Mmendez{at}UCLA.edu (e-mail).

ABSTRACT

The initial recognition of frontotemporal dementia is often difficult. Frontotemporal dementia presents with subtle personality changes in the absence of a definitive biomarker. The authors report an analysis of cognitive shallowness, or "Denkfaulheit," in patients with frontotemporal dementia early in its course.

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