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Predicting Development of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Frontotemporal Dementia
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Background: Aproportion of patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) also develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Objective: We aimed to establish the risk of developing ALS in patients presenting with FTD and to identify the relevant clinical variables associated with progression from FTD to FTD-ALS. Methods: Of 218 consecutive patients with FTD, 10.1% had a dual FTD-ALS diagnosis at presentation. The remaining 152 FTD patients with follow-up of at least 12 months were included in the present study. We calculated the rate of progression to FTD-ALS and compared the baseline characteristics of FTD patients who developed ALS to those who did not develop ALS. Results: Five percent of FTD patients developed ALS. The incidence rate of ALS was 6.7/100 patient-years in patients with FTD symptoms since 1 year, which declined with duration of FTD symptoms. No FTD patients developed ALS after 5 years. Five out of 8 FTD patients who developed ALS had presented with a mixed behavioral variant FTD and progressive non-fluent aphasia (bvFTD+PNFA) phenotype, 2 with bvFTD, and 1 with PNFA. Progression to FTD-ALS was significantly more frequent in patients with bvFTD+ PNFA compared to those without this phenotype (p < 0.0001, OR 38.3, 95% CI: 7.3 to 199.2), and in FTD patients who carried the C9orf72 repeat expansion compared to those without the repeat expansion (p = 0.02, OR 8.0, 95% CI: 1.7 to 38.6). Conclusions: FTD patients with a mixed bvFTD+PNFA phenotype and with a C9orf72 repeat expansion should be closely monitored for the possible development of ALS. The risk of developing ALS in FTD appears to decline with the duration of FTD symptoms. |
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English
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Journal of Alzheimer's disease. - -
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Publication
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2017
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ISSN
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1387-2877
1875-8908
[Electronic]
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DOI
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10.3233/JAD-161272
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58
:1
(2017)
, p. 163-170
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000402993000015
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28387671
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