frontotemporal
- adjective
- /ˌfrʌntoʊˈtɛmpərəl/
- Specialized
- For many years, frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's were confused, but frontotemporal dementia is a separate disease.
- frontotemporal dementia
- diagnosed with frontotemporal
- frontotemporal disease
Examples
-
Patients diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia often struggle with changes in personality and behavior.
-
This book includes vital information on frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
Blog text (11) -
Elderly patients who suffer from frontotemporal dementias are an interesting population in this context.
Blog text (20) -
For many years, frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's were confused, but frontotemporal dementia is a separate disease.
-
The changes in the brain caused by Alzheimer's disease are different from those of vascular dementia, Lewy body disease, or frontotemporal dementia.
Academic text (2010) -
The tumor was resected under frozen section control, and a frontotemporal craniectomy of the underlying bone with an adequate margin was performed.
Academic text (2015) -
Bilateral frontotemporal transcranial exploration and successful multilayered dura and bone repair were performed.
Academic text (2004) -
For the past few years, my own life's nonsense has consisted of living with my husband, or rather with his illness, a difficult-to-diagnose neurodegenerative disease that looks to some doctors like early Alzheimer's (George is sixty-four) and to others like frontotemporal dementia.
Academic text (2008) -
In 2003, Bruce Miller, a professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, discovered that some patients suffering from a degenerative brain disorder called frontotemporal dementia (FTD) developed sudden and remarkable artistic talents as their conditions progressed.
Blog text (16) -
Research indicates that frontotemporal dementia primarily impacts the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word frontotemporal combines fronto- ('front' or 'forehead') and temporal ('temple', the side of the head'), so it names the part of the brain at the front and side that includes the frontal and temporal areas.