Erratum to: Cross-validation of biomarkers for the early differential diagnosis and prognosis of dementia in a clinical settingBackground: Three variants of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) have been currently characterized: non fluent/agrammatic (nfv-PPA), semantic (sv-PPA), and logopenic variant...
Bruce Willis' functions will get "worse and worse" as hisfrontotemporal dementiacontinues to advance, CBS News medical contributor Dr. David Agus told "CBS Mornings." "This is a progressive disorder ... He won't be able to do many activities that we all do in life," Agus said. His fam...
Agus said that on average it usually takes several years to make the diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia from when symptoms first present. His family announced last year the Hollywood star was stepping away from acting because of aphasia, in which patients struggle to find words and communicate ve...