An artistic portrayal of frontotemporal dementia – “děd Vševěd”: a character from the stage play “Dlouhý, Široký a Krátkozraký” by the theatrical company Divadlo Járy Cimrmana

Czech version

Authors: R. Rusina ¹; Z. Svěrák ²
Authors‘ workplace: Neurologická klinika, LF UK a FN Hradec Králové ¹; Žižkovské divadlo Járy Cimrmana, Praha ²
Published in: Cesk Slov Neurol N 2025; 88(2): 109-111
Category: Letter to Editor
doi: https://doi.org/10.48095/cccsnn2025109

Overview

An artistic portrayal of frontotemporal dementia –⁠ “děd Vševěd”: a character from the stage play “Dlouhý, Široký a Krátkozraký” by the theatrical company Divadlo Járy Cimrmana

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