Does epilepsy contribute to the clinical phenotype of C9orf72 mutation in fronto-temporal dementia?

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C9orf72 mutation is the most common genetic cause of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) worldwide. Recently, several reports of patients with FTD who carried the C9orf72 mutation and also manifested epilepsy have been published, since seizures occur in FTD at a higher rate than in the general population, the possible association between epilepsy and C9orf72 mutation remains to...

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