Claire Boutoleau-Bretonnière, Christelle Evrard, Jean Benoît Hardouin, Laëtitia Rocher, Tiphaine Charriau, Frédérique Etcharry-Bouyx, Sophie Auriacombe, Aurélie Richard-Mornas, Florence Lebert, Florence Pasquier, Anne Sauvaget, Samuel Bulteau, Martine Vercelletto, Pascal Derkinderen, Cédric Bretonnière, Catherine Thomas-Antérion
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) relies primarily on clinical features and remains challenging. The specificity of the recently revised criteria can be disappointing, justifying development of new clinical tools. OBJECTIVE: We produced a behavioral inventory named DAPHNE. This scale (adapted from Rascovsky's criteria) explores six domains: disinhibition, apathy, perseverations, hyperorality, personal neglect and loss of empathy...
September 2015: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra