Advances in understanding the molecular basis of frontotemporal dementia.

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Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a clinical syndrome with a heterogeneous molecular basis. Until recently, the underlying cause was known in only a minority of cases that were associated with abnormalities of the tau protein or gene. In 2006, however, mutations in the progranulin gene were discovered as another important cause of familial FTD. That same year, TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) was identified as...

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