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Cortical mean diffusivity is a promising biomarker for detection of cortical changes in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD).
BvFTD is a variant of dementia marked by progressive personality changes.
Misdiagnosis of the disease is common and necessitates the development of new biomarkers.
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