Table 2

Neuropsychological assessment in FTLD patients.

Diagnosis
BvFTD
SD
PNFA
CBD
PSP

Short story
8.3 ± 4.7 (41.4)
5.5 ± 1.3 (80.0)
5.1 ± 3.4 (83.3)
8.5 ± 4.9 (31.5)
9.7 ± 2.9 (47.3)
Raven Colored Progressive Matrices
21.7 ± 5.7 (26.8)
29.2 ± 5.2 (0.0)
26.1 ± 3.8 (0.0)
23.0 ± 6.0 (25.0)
24.3 ± 6.4 (31.5)
Rey Complex Figure, Copy
23.5 ± 10.5 (48.7)
26.5 ± 12.9 (40.0)
34.3 ± 1.1 (0.0)
22.1 ± 10.5 (68.7)
24.5 ± 9.2 (64.7)
Rey Complex Figure, Recall
11.6 ± 7.2 (43.9)
11.4 ± 3.0 (60.0)
16.0 ± 1.3 (0.0)
12.0 ± 5.6 (56.2)
14.9 ± 6.8 (63.1)
Verbal fluency
22.1 ± 11.1 (34.1)
19.6 ± 10.0 (40.0)
10.5 ± 1.7 (66.6)
23.4 ± 11.5 (31.2)
23.8 ± 9.3 (26.3)
Category Fluency
25.5 ± 11.2 (48.7)
18.0 ± 10.2 (60.0)
23.7 ± 13.7 (50.0)
32.1 ± 10.8 (18.7)
30.5 ± 6.7 (26.3)
Digit Span
5.5 ± 1.5 (4.8)
5.7 ± 0.7 (0.0)
4.0 ± 2.3 (16.7)
5.2 ± 1.1 (6.2)
5.7 ± 0.9 (0.0)
Token Test
28.4 ± 5.6 (2.1)
25.3 ± 3.1 (40.0)
26.3 ± 2.2 (16.0)
28.9 ± 5.5 (25.0)
32.2 ± 3.0 (10.5)
Trail Making A
158.8 ± 171.2 (39.0)
224.4 ± 235.6 (40.0)
309.1 ± 220.9 (66.6)
130.9 ± 154.6 (31.2)
123.6 ± 114.4 (63.1)
Trail Making B
275.0 ± 151.9 (39.0)
285.8 ± 165.6 (60.0)
281.3 ± 149.8 (50.0)
292.5 ± 175.7 (43.7)
251.3 ± 145.9 (47.3)
De Renzi Imitation Test
66.2 ± 8.2 (9.7)
71.3 ± 1.1 (0.0)
62.5 ± 10.6 (33.3)
53.7 ± 16.1 (43.8)
66.6 ± 5.2 (0.0)

bvFTD: behavioural variant of Frontotemporal Dementia; SD: Semantic Dementia; PNFA: Progressive Non-Fluent Aphasia; CBD: Corticobasal Degeneration; PSP: Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Percentage of subjects with pathological scoring according to Italian normative data between brackets (percentage > 50% are underlined)

Borroni et al. BMC Neurology 2007 7:9   doi:10.1186/1471-2377-7-9