Frontotemporal Dementia: A Clinical Review.
@article{Sivasathiaseelan2019FrontotemporalDA, title={Frontotemporal Dementia: A Clinical Review.}, author={Harri Sivasathiaseelan and Charles R. Marshall and Jennifer L. Agustus and Elia Benhamou and Rebecca L. Bond and Janneke E P van Leeuwen and Chris JD. Hardy and Jonathan Daniel Rohrer and Jason D. Warren}, journal={Seminars in neurology}, year={2019}, volume={39 2}, pages={ 251-263 } }
Frontotemporal dementias are a clinically, neuroanatomically, and pathologically diverse group of diseases that collectively constitute an important cause of young-onset dementia. Clinically, frontotemporal dementias characteristically strike capacities that define us as individuals, presenting broadly as disorders of social behavior or language. Neurobiologically, these diseases can be regarded as "molecular nexopathies," a paradigm for selective targeting and destruction of brain networks by…
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