Frontotemporal dementia genetics.

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Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the most common syndrome in which the focus of neurodegeneration is the frontal lobes. FTD is frequently familial. It is also often due to a susceptibility locus on chromosome 17q21-22. Some 17q21-22-linked families have mutations in the tau gene and most have microscopically visible aggregates of hyperphosphorylated tau. Demonstrating that mutations in tau can produce...

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