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Preferred Label : Frontotemporal dementia;

Symbol : FTD;

CISMeF acronym : DDPAC; FLDEM; FTD; FTDP17; MSTD; PPND; WLD;

Type : Phenotype, molecular basis known;

Alternative titles and symbols : Frontotemporal lobar degeneration with tau inclusions; Ftld with tau inclusions; Dementia, frontotemporal, with parkinsonism; Frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism; Frontotemporal lobe dementia; Multiple system tauopathy with presenile dementia; Disinhibition-dementia-parkinsonism-amyotrophy complex; Wilhelmsen-lynch disease; Pallidopontonigral degeneration; FLDEM; FTDP17; MSTD; DDPAC; WLD; PPND;

Included titles and symbols : Pick complex;

Description : Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) refers to a clinical manifestation of the pathologic finding of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). FTD, the most common subtype of FTLD, is a behavioral variant characterized by changes in social and personal conduct with loss of volition, executive dysfunction, loss of abstract thought, and decreased speech output. A second clinical subtype of FTLD is 'semantic dementia,' characterized by specific loss of comprehension of language and impaired facial and object recognition. A third clinical subtype of FTLD is 'primary progressive aphasia' (PPA), characterized by a reduction in speech production, speech errors, and word retrieval difficulties resulting in mutism and an inability to communicate. All subtypes have relative preservation of memory, at least in the early stages. FTLD is often associated with parkinsonism or motor neuron disease (MND) resembling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS; 105400) (reviews by Tolnay and Probst, 2002 and Mackenzie and Rademakers, 2007). Mackenzie et al. (2009, 2010) provided a classification of FTLD subtypes according to the neuropathologic findings (see PATHOGENESIS below). - Clinical Variability of Tauopathies Tauopathies comprise a clinically variable group of neurodegenerative diseases characterized neuropathologically by accumulation of abnormal;

Inheritance : Autosomal dominant;

Molecular basis : Caused by mutation in the microtubule-associated tau protein gene (MAPT, 157140.0001); Caused by mutation in the presenilin-1 gene (PSEN1, 104311.0023);

Prefixed ID : #600274;

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