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Frontotemporal right predominant hypometabolism in bvFTD is not frequent and associated with more severe temporal atrophy

2021; Elsevier BV; Volume: 429; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jns.2021.119072

1878-5883

Stefano Mozzetta, Matteo De Nadai, Cinzia Bussè, Stefano Crivellari, Gianmarco Gazzola, Francesco Rossato, Diego Cecchin, Giovanni Zorzi, Annachiara Cagnin,

Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases

Prosopagnosia, memory deficits and behavioural changes has recently proposed as the core symptoms of a further variant of frontotemporal dementia, associated with right temporal atrophy or hypometabolism and named right temporal variant (rtvFTD). Aim of the study was to evaluate frequency and clinical characteristics of patients with prevalent fronto and/or temporal right atrophy/hypometabolism.