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FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION
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Descriptor
English
:
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Degeneración Lobar Frontotemporal
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Degeneração Lobar Frontotemporal
Tree Number:
C10.228.140.380.266
C10.574.950.300
C18.452.845.800.300
F03.615.400.380
Definition
English
:
Heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by frontal and
temporal lobe
atrophy
associated with neuronal loss,
gliosis
, and
dementia
.
Patients
exhibit progressive changes in social, behavioral, and/or
language
function. Multiple subtypes or forms are recognized based on presence or absence of TAU PROTEIN inclusions. FTLD includes three clinical syndromes:
FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA
, semantic
dementia
, and
PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE NONFLUENT APHASIA.
History Note
English
:
2010; use DEMENTIA 2000-2009; for SEMANTIC DEMENTIA use DEMENTIA 2000-2009
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VI
virology
Record Number:
53511
Unique Identifier:
D057174
Occurrence in VHL
:
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