title: Frontotemporal dementia.
abstract: Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a unique neurodegenerative disease that can be differentiated from Alzheimer's disease and other diseases that result in cognitive complaints. The primary anatomic focus of degeneration determines the clinical presentation, which can vary from aphasia to behavioral symptoms. Expanding knowledge about the genetics and biochemistry of FTD may lead to specific treatments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-1207
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lengenfelder
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000502:physiology