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. 2008 Mar 6;5(3-4):122–125. doi: 10.1159/000113680

Table 1.

Characteristics of FTD caused by MAPT and PGRN mutations

Characteristic FTDP-17 (MAPT) FTLD-U (PGRN)
Mean onset age, years 49 (25–76) 59 (48–83)

Clinical presentation Behavioral changes or parkinsonism, supranuclear gaze palsy, dystonia Behavioral changes, language impairment, rarely parkinsonism, CBS, MND

Mean disease duration, years 7 (2–30) 7 (2–17)

Pathology FTLD, tau-immunoreactive inclusions FTLD, ubiquitin immuno- reactive/TDP-43-positive intranuclear and cytoplasmic inclusions

Figures in parentheses indicate ranges. CBS = Corticobasal syndrome; FTDP-17 = frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17; FTLD = fronto-temporal lobar degeneration; MND = motor neuron disease.