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Epidemiology and genetics of frontotemporal dementia: a door-to-door survey in southern Italy.

ABSTRACT: The objectives of this study were to estimate frontotemporal dementia (FTD) prevalence, identify FTD-related mutations, and correlate FTD phenotype with mutations in a southern Italian population. The study population consisted of subjects ? 50 years of age residing in the Community of Biv. on January 1, 2004, and a door-to-door 2-phase design was used. Genetic and biochemical analyses were done on samples collected from 32 patients. Prevalence rates were 0.6 for Alzheimer's disease, 0.4 for vascular dementia (VD), 3.5 for FTD, 0.2 for Parkinson dementia, and 1.2 for unspecified dementia. Three GRN (1 known and 2 novel) mutations with reduced plasma protein levels were found associated to 3 distinct phenotypes (behavioral, affective, and delirious type). We report an unusually high FTD prevalence in the investigated population, but a low prevalence of Alzheimer's disease. We confirm the heterogeneity of FTD phenotype associated with different GRN mutations.

SUBMITTER: Bernardi L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5019339 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Epidemiology and genetics of frontotemporal dementia: a door-to-door survey in southern Italy.

Bernardi Livia L Frangipane Francesca F Smirne Nicoletta N Colao Rosanna R Puccio Gianfranco G Curcio Sabrina Am SA Mirabelli Maria M Maletta Raffaele R Anfossi Maria M Gallo Maura M Geracitano Silvana S Conidi Maria Elena ME Di Lorenzo Raffale R Clodomiro Alessandra A Cupidi Chiara C Marzano Sandra S Comito Francesco F Valenti Vincenzo V Zirilli Maria Angela MA Ghani Mahdi M Xi Zhengrui Z Sato Christine C Moreno Danielle D Borelli Annelisa A Leone Rosa Anna RA St George-Hyslop Peter P Rogaeva Ekaterina E Bruni Amalia C AC

Neurobiology of aging 20120720 12

The objectives of this study were to estimate frontotemporal dementia (FTD) prevalence, identify FTD-related mutations, and correlate FTD phenotype with mutations in a southern Italian population. The study population consisted of subjects ≥ 50 years of age residing in the Community of Biv. on January 1, 2004, and a door-to-door 2-phase design was used. Genetic and biochemical analyses were done on samples collected from 32 patients. Prevalence rates were 0.6 for Alzheimer's disease, 0.4 for vas ...[more]

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Epidemiology and genetics of frontotemporal dementia: a door-to-door survey in southern Italy.

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Epidemiology and genetics of frontotemporal dementia: a door-to-door survey in southern Italy.

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