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SUBMITTER: Takada LT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5619362 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul-Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dementia & neuropsychologia 20150701 3
Around 10-15% of patients diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) have a positive family history for FTD with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. Since the identification of mutations in <i>MAPT</i> (microtubule-associated protein tau gene) in 1998, over 10 other genes have been associated with FTD spectrum disorders, discussed in this review. Along with <i>MAPT</i>, mutations in <i>GRN</i> (progranulin) and <i>C9orf72</i> (chromosome 9 open reading frame 72) are the most commonly ...[more]