Frontotemporal Dementia Knowledge Scale: Development and Preliminary Psychometric Properties
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Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) accounts for ∼10% of dementia cases and is the most common cause of early-onset dementia. However, no well-validated instrument currently exists to measure knowledge about FTD. In this study, we...
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