The amyotrophic lateral sclerosis syndrome--frontal-type dementia
Iakhno, N.N.; Shtul'tan, D.R.; Elkin, M.N.; Zakharov, V.V.
Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 95(1): 20-23
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 1997-7298 PMID: 7778388 Document Number: 445658
The article presents analysis of clinical case of and review of literature on "ALS-dementia complex", a combination of ALS syndrome and dementia predominantly of frontal lobe type. The review of literature contains discussion on the problem of lobe dementia, analysis of relation of ALS-dementia syndrome and the following diseases: Alzheimer, Pick, Creutzfeldt-Jakob, Lewy bodies, Charcot (classic type), multisystem degeneration. Polymorphism of ALS-dementia complex and the possibilities of its differential diagnosis are considered.