Comparison of family histories in FTLD subtypes and related tauopathies.

Goldman, J S; Farmer, J M; Wood, E M; Johnson, J K; Boxer, A; Neuhaus, J; Lomen-Hoerth, C; Wilhelmsen, K C et al. · Neurology · 2005

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

Pedigrees from 269 patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), including frontotemporal dementia (FTD), FTD with ALS (FTD/ALS), progressive nonfluent aphasia, semantic dementia (SD), corticobasal degeneration, and progressive supranuclear palsy were analyzed to determine the degree of heritability of these disorders. FTD/ALS was the most and SD the least heritable subtype. FTLD syndromes appear to have different etiologies and recurrence risks.

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