Table 1.
Familial cases presenting with distinct clinical phenotypes
| Case | Age onset; number of patients | First symptom | Phenotype | Brain atrophy | Ethnic origin | GRN mutation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rovelet-Lecrux et al., 2008 [15] | 67,77; 2 patients | Language dysfunction | PPA | left > right | French | g.95_4390del |
| Resting tremor | PD | |||||
| Spina et al., 2007 [13] | 45,73; 2 patients | Involuntary arm movement | CBS | right > left | N/A | g.26C >A |
| Cognitive decline | AD | |||||
| Beck et al., 2008 [4] | 54–67; 10 patients | Language dysfunction | PPA | left > right (n = 2) | United Kingdom | g.90_91insCTGC |
| Limb apraxia | CBS | right > left (n = 1) | ||||
| Skoglund et al., 2009 [12] | 46–59; 10 patients | Language dysfunction | PPA | N/A | Swedish | g.102delC |
| Limb apraxia | CBS | |||||
| Rademakers et al., 2007 [16] | 62,66; 2 patients | N/A | FTLD, CBS | N/A | American | g.3240C > T |
| Masellis et al., 2006 [17] | 57,62; 2 patients | Behavioral changes | FTLD | right > left | Canadian family of Chinese origin | g.1637G > A |
| Axial and extremity rigidity | CBS | |||||
| Leverenz et al., 2007 [18] | 35–69; 9 patients | Language dysfunction | FTLD | left > right (n = 3) right > left (n = 1) |
American | g.1871A > G |
| Anxiety, apathy | PPA | |||||
| Parkinsonism | PD | |||||
| López de Munain et al., 2008 [19] | 53,57; 2 patients | N/A | FTLD, CBS | N/A | Basque Country | g.1872G > A |
| 51,71; 2 patients | N/A | FTLD, CBS | N/A | Basque Country | g.1873G > A | |
| 65; 2 patients | N/A | FTLD, CBS | N/A | Basque Country | g.1874G > A | |
| 60; 2 patients | N/A | FTLD, CBS | N/A | Basque Country | g.1875G > A | |
| 63–70; 4 patients | N/A | FTLD, CBS | N/A | Basque Country | g.1876G > A | |
| 52; 2 patients | N/A | FTLD, ALS | N/A | Basque Country | g.1877G > A | |
| Benussi et al., 2009 [5] | 60–71; 5 patients | Language dysfunction | PPA | right > left | Italian | g.1977_1980delCACT |
| Parkinsonism | CBS | |||||
| Kelley et al., 2009 [6] | N/A; 6 patients | N/A | FTLD, PD | symmetrical | American | g.2273_2274insTG |
| N/A; 6 patients | N/A | FTLD, PD | right > left | American | g.2597delC | |
| Pietroboni et al., 2011 [7] | 47–79; 5 patients | Memory impairment, Acalculia | FTLD, AD | right > left (n = 1) symmetrical (n = 1) N/A (n = 3) |
Italian | g.63_64insC |
| Language impairment | ||||||
| Rossi et al., 2011 [8] | 47–80; 6 patients | Behavioural abnormality | FTLD Dementia |
Left > right | Italian | g.1761_1762delCA |
| Language dysfunction | ||||||
| Attention impairment | ||||||
| The present case | 75,62; 2 patients | Language dysfunction | PPA | left > right | Japanese | g.1118_1119delCCinsG |
| Limb apraxia | CBS |
AD Alzheimer’s disease, ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, CBS corticobasal syndrome, FTLD frontotemporal lobar degeneration, GRN progranulin gene, N/A not available, PD Parkinson’s disease, PPA primary progressive aphasia