Researchers have identified the first disease-specific proteins for the identification of frontotemporal dementia.

Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is a neurodegenerative disease affecting the frontal and temporal lobes that regulate higher cognitive brain functions such as personality, behavior ...

Dementia usually affects older people, so when it occurs in middle age, it can be hard to recognize. The most common form is ...

One previous study showed that a cohort of 68 patients with FTD worsened by an average of 3.57 points over a 12-month period per the Clinical Dementia Rating - Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration ...

After excluding reversible causes of dementia, there are four common dementia syndromes, which are Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy body, and frontotemporal dementia.

ALLFTD: the ARTFL-LEFFTDS Longitudinal Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration multisite research consortium. The ALLFTD consortium is an integrated group of academic medical centers partnered with patient ...

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