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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Kelley RE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5549462 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a not-uncommon explanation for progressive cognitive deficit in patients who often have a genetic susceptibility for such a neurodegenerative process. However, FTD does not seem to identify one particular pathogenetic mechanism but rather a spectrum of pathologies with particular predilection for the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. There have been various subcategorizations of this form of dementia that have a tendency to be of earlier onset than typical ...[more]