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Dementia in first-degree relatives of patients with frontotemporal dementia. A family history study.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2005
Gräsbeck A, Horstmann V, Nilsson K, Sjöbeck M, Sjöström H, Gustafson L
Abstract excerpt
Several studies have found a clustering of dementia in relatives of patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD). This study analysed the familial aggregation of FTD specifically as well as the occurrence of dementia in general in first-degree relatives of patients with FTD. A family history study was carried out on 478 first-degree relatives of 74 index patients suffering from FTD. Cases of organic dementia and...
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