title: [Semantic dementia--a variant of frontotemporal dementia].
abstract: Relevant historical and clinical aspects of a case of semantic dementia are presented together with its neuropsychological and MRI findings. Differential diagnostic problems are studied in greater detail, in particular the differentiation to Alzheimer's disease.
authors.affiliation: Memory-Clinic, Albertinen-Haus, Zentrum für Geriatrie, Hamburg. wolfgang.meins@albertinen.de
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Meins
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D014706:Verbal Learning