Hyper-religiosity and visual hallucinations in a patient with frontotemporal dementia carrying a double variant in GRN gene.

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Introduction: Hyper-religiosity has been reported in patients affected by frontotemporal dementia (FTD) with asymmetrical, predominantly right-sided frontotemporal atrophy. Case report: We report a FTD patient carrying a double genetic variant (p.Cys139Arg and c.*78C > T) in the progranulin (GRN) gene who showed an unusual clinical phenotype characterized by hyper-religiosity behavior and visual hallucinations...

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