Abstract
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The longitudinal course of three primary progressive aphasia (PPA) variants was examined using Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R) and the Frontotemporal dementia Rating Scale (FRS).
METHODS: Cases with two assessments on the ACE-R and FRS were selected. A total of 220 assessments were obtained on 55 patients: 17 Alzheimer's disease (AD) and 38 PPA [17 semantic variant (svPPA), 12 non-fluent/agrammatic (naPPA) and 9 logopenic variant (lvPPA) cases].
RESULTS: The annualized rate of change was greater in all PPA variants in comparison with the AD group on the ACE-R whereas only the svPPA and naPPA groups differed from AD on the FRS.
CONCLUSIONS: The longitudinal profile differs across PPA syndromes on cognitive and functional measures. Findings have theoretical implications and are relevant to the care of patients with dementia.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 135-141 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Aged
- Alzheimer Disease/diagnosis
- Aphasia, Primary Progressive/diagnosis
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Humans
- Longitudinal Studies
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Primary Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia/diagnosis