A systematic review of behavioural changes in motor neuron disease

@article{Raaphorst2012ASR,  title={A systematic review of behavioural changes in motor neuron disease},  author={Joost Raaphorst and Emma Beeldman and Marianne de Visser and Rob J. de Haan and Ben Schmand},  journal={Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis},  year={2012},  volume={13},  pages={493 - 501},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:22224140}}
A systematic review of the publications on behavioural changes in MND showed that 8% of MND patients have bvFTD, with perseveration being reported most frequently, which is often accompanied by memory disturbances and is related to bulbar onset.

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