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Neuropathological features of frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17q21-22 (FTDP-17): Duke Family 1684.
Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology - 1 Aug 1999
Hulette C M, Pericak-Vance M A, Roses A D, Schmechel D E, Yamaoka L H, Gaskell P C, Welsh-Bohmer K A, Crowther R A, Spillantini M G
Abstract excerpt
Frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism (FTDP-17) is an autosomal dominant disorder that presents clinically with dementia, extrapyramidal signs, and behavioral disturbances in mid-life and progresses to death within 5 to 10 years. Pathologically, the disorder is characterized by variable neuronal loss and gliosis in the frontal and temporal lobes, limbic structures, and the midbrain. Autopsied individuals from...
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