SYNDROME OF AMYOTROPHIC SCLEROSIS (ALS)-D EMENTIA OF FRONTAL-LOBE TYPE

Authors
YACHNO NN SHTULMAN DR ELKIN MN ZAKHAROV VV
Citation
Nn. Yachno et al., SYNDROME OF AMYOTROPHIC SCLEROSIS (ALS)-D EMENTIA OF FRONTAL-LOBE TYPE, Zurnal nevropatologii i psihiatrii im. S.S. Korsakova, 95(1), 1995, pp. 20-23
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Pathology,Neurosciences
Journal title
Zurnal nevropatologii i psihiatrii im. S.S. Korsakova → ACNP
ISSN journal
00444588
Volume
95
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
20 - 23
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-4588(1995)95:1<20:SOAS(E>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The article presents analysis of clinical case of and review of litera ture on ''ALS-Dementia complex'', a combination of ALS-syndrome and de mentia predominantly of frontal lobe type. The review of literature co ntains discussion on the problem of lobe dementia, analysis of relatio n of ALS-dementia syndrome and the following diseases: Alzheimer, Pick , Creutsfeld-Jacobs, Levi bodies, Charcot (classic type), multisystem degeneration. Polymorphism of ALS-dementia complex and the possibiliti es of its differential diagnosis are considered.