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The Right Temporal Variant of Frontotemporal Dementia Is Not Genetically Sporadic: A Case Series.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2021
Ulugut Erkoyun Hulya, van der Lee Sven J, Nijmeijer Bas, van Spaendonk Rosalina, Nelissen Anne, Scarioni Marta, Dijkstra Anke, Samancı Bedia, Gürvit Hakan, Yıldırım Zerrin, Tepgeç Fatih, Bilgic Basar, Barkhof Frederik, Rozemuller Annemieke, van der Flier Wiesje M, Scheltens Philip, Cohn-Hokke Petra, Pijnenburg Yolande
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Right temporal variant frontotemporal dementia (rtvFTD) has been generally considered as a right sided variant of semantic variant primary progressive aphasia (svPPA), which is a genetically sporadic disorder. Recently, we have shown that rtvFTD has a unique clinical syndrome compared to svPPA and behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia. OBJECTIVE: We challenge the assumption that rtvFTD is a...
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