title: Clinical and pathological diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia: report of the Work Group on Frontotemporal Dementia and Pick's Disease.
abstract: An international group of clinical and basic scientists participated in the Frontotemporal Dementia and Pick's Disease Criteria Conference at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md, on July 7, 2000, to reassess clinical and neuropathological criteria for the diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Previous criteria for FTD have primarily been designed for research purposes. The goal of this meeting was to propose guidelines that would enable clinicians (particularly neurologists, psychiatrists, and neuropsychologists) to recognize patients with FTD and, if appropriate, to expedite their referral to a diagnostic center. In addition, recommendations for the neuropathological criteria of FTD were reviewed, relative to classical neuropathology and modern molecular biology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 338 Krieger Hall, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218-2685, USA. guy.mckhann@jhu.edu
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: McKhann
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grossman
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dickson
authors.forename: J Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Trojanowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D003704:Dementia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype; D020774:Pick Disease of the Brain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*