Summary
- Manifests primarily as disruption in personality and social conduct, or as a primary language disorder.
- Almost 50% of all affected people display parkinsonism; a smaller subset may have motor neuron disease.
- Clinical diagnosis derives primarily from examination and brain imaging.
- Diagnostic confirmation is based on pathological examination or identification of gene mutation.
- Treatment is supportive, combining medications with carer guidance, community services, and social work interventions.
Other related conditions
- Parkinson's disease
- Assessment of aphasia
- Depression
- Assessment of psychosis
- Insomnia
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Paget's disease
- Assessment of traumatic brain injury, acute
- Primary hyperparathyroidism
- Secondary hyperparathyroidism
- Alzheimer's dementia
- Dementia with Lewy bodies
- Bipolar disorder in adults
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Overview of substance abuse and overdose
- Vascular dementia
- Overview of brain tumours
- Syphilis infection
- Lyme disease
- Insomnia
- Urinary tract infections in men
- Urinary tract infections in women
- Urinary tract infections in children
- Community-acquired pneumonia
- Hospital-acquired pneumonia
- Aspiration pneumonia
- Overview of pneumonia
Last updated: Apr 15, 2013
