First case of an UBQLN2 gene mutation causing frontotemporal dementia preceded by adult onset psychiatric symptoms.

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Recently, mutations in genes related to frontotemporal dementia and/or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis have been described as the cause of late onset psychosis. Here, we report a 68-year-old patient, carrier of a mutation in the gene encoding ubiquilin-2 (UBQLN2), who presented adult onset psychotic manifestations followed by a dysexecutive syndrome compatible with the diagnosis of behavioral variant of...

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