| Insight in frontotemporal dementia: conceptual analysis and empirical evaluation of the consensus criterion "loss of insight" in frontotemporal dementia. | |
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PMID: 16914245 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The objective of this study was to suggest a new formulation of the core research diagnostic consensus criterion "loss of insight" in frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Eight patients with FTD (diagnoses made by interviews, medical and neuropsychological examination, CT scan, and regional cerebral glucose metabolism measured by positron emission tomography (PET) participated in the study). The results indicated that insight was present in three out of eight patients, and that insight appears to be a heterogeneous concept. Two types of insight emerged: Emotional insight associated with frontotemporal functions, and cognitive insight, related to posterior cognitive functions. These results suggest that loss of insight should not serve as a core criterion on FTD, but serves well as a supportive criterion of the disease. |
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Authors:
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Kathinka Evers; Lena Kilander; Maria Lindau |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2006-08-17 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Brain and cognition Volume: 63 ISSN: 0278-2626 ISO Abbreviation: Brain Cogn Publication Date: 2007 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-12-12 Completed Date: 2007-03-29 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8218014 Medline TA: Brain Cogn Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 13-23 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Centre for Bioethics at Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. kathinka.evers@bioethics.uu.se |
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Affect Aged Analysis of Variance Awareness* Concept Formation* Dementia / classification, diagnosis, psychology* Female Humans Male Middle Aged Neuropsychological Tests Positron-Emission Tomography Self Concept* Statistics, Nonparametric |
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