Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
"Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D057174
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.380.266 C10.574.950.300 C18.452.845.800.300 F03.087.400.380
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| Concept/Terms |
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration- Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
- Degeneration, Frontotemporal Lobar
- Degenerations, Frontotemporal Lobar
- Frontotemporal Lobar Degenerations
- Lobar Degeneration, Frontotemporal
- Lobar Degenerations, Frontotemporal
- FTLD
- FTLDs
Semantic Dementia- Semantic Dementia
- Dementia, Semantic
- Dementias, Semantic
- Semantic Dementias
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