"Denkfaulheit" in frontotemporal dementia: a preliminary analysis.
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.
Mendez
Mario F
MF
Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Mmendez@UCLA.edu
Shapira
Jill S
JS
Licht
Eliot A
EA
D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000503:physiopathology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D005222:Mental Fatigue / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality