rss
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:441 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.107805
  • Frontotemporal dementia
  • Editorial commentary

The roots of social inappropriateness in frontotemporal dementia

  1. Yolande A L Pijnenburg
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr Y A L Pijnenburg
 VUMC, Department of Neurology, PO Box 7057, Amsterdam 1007 MB, The Netherlands; y.pijnenburg{at}vumc.nl
  • Received 29 September 2006
  • Accepted 5 October 2006
  • Revised 29 September 2006
  • Published Online First 20 October 2006

Abnormal social cognition in FTD

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) remains a difficult diagnosis, often based purely on clinical criteria because standard investigations can be normal.1 Although the diagnostic criteria of early changes in personal and social conduct certainly hold true, these terms are rather abstract and are subject to multiple interpretations. Eslinger et al2 (see p 457), in this issue of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, make an important contribution to the understanding of social behaviour in FTD. From their and other studies, it has gradually become clear that social behaviour …

[Full text of this article]

This Article

  1. Extract
  2. Full text
  3. PDF
  4. All versions of this article:
    1. jnnp.2006.107805v1
    2. 78/5/441 most recent

Responses

  1. Submit a response
  2. No responses published

Register for free content

The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.

Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.

BMJ Careers - Latest neurology and neurosurgery jobs