Frontotemporal dementia with motor neuron disease

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Frontotemporal dementia with motor neuron disease

Synonyms: FTD-ALS | FTD-MND | Frontotemporal dementia with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Frontotemporal dementia with motor neuron disease (FTD-MND) is a type of frontotemporal lobar degeneration characterized by the insidious onset (between the ages of 38-78 years) of dementia-associated psychiatric symptoms (e.g. personality changes uninhibited behavior irritability aggressiveness) memory difficulties global intellectual impairment emotional disorders and transcortical motor aphasia that eventually leads to mutism in addition to the manifestations of motor neuron disease such as neurogenic muscular wasting (similar to what is seen in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; see this term). The disease is progressive with death occurring 2-5 years after onset.

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Orphadata: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Available on http: //www.orphadata.org. Data version October 2023.

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