Warren, JD;
Rohrer, JD;
Rossor, MN;
(2013)
Frontotemporal dementia.
BMJ
, 347
, Article f4827. 10.1136/bmj.f4827.
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Abstract
Frontotemporal dementia refers to a diverse group of conditions that collectively are a major cause of young onset dementia Frontotemporal dementia produces selective brain atrophy involving the frontal and temporal lobes, requiring brain magnetic resonance imaging for accurate diagnosis Clinically, these diseases present chiefly as progressive aphasia or as disintegration of personality and behaviour that may be misdiagnosed as a psychiatric disorder Up to around a quarter of cases arise from dominant mutations in one of three major causative genes Frontotemporal dementia is commonly associated with other neurological impairment, in particular parkinsonism or motor neurone disease Treatment remains supportive, but patients and families need extensive counselling, future planning, and involvement of social and mental health services
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Frontotemporal dementia |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmj.f4827 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f4827 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 3.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. PMCID: PMC3735339 |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1401870 |
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