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Case 12 - Middle-Aged Man Concerned about His Family History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2021

By
Peter Roos ,
Jette Stokholm ,
Ian Law ,
Peter Johannsen  and
Jørgen Erik Nielsen
Edited by
Pedro Rosa-Neto  and
Serge Gauthier
Pedro Rosa-Neto
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Serge Gauthier
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
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Summary

A 53-year-old man was referred to genetic counseling due to a family history of frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

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Case Studies in Dementia
Common and Uncommon Presentations
 , pp. 54 - 58
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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References

Gydesen, S, Brown, JM, Brun, A, et al. Chromosome 3 linked frontotemporal dementia (FTD-3). Neurology. 2002;59:1585–1594.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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Paulson, HL, Igo, I. Genetics of dementia. Semin Neurol. 2011;31:449–460.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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