First-of-its-kind Study on Frontotemporal Degeneration Led by FAU (IMAGE)

Florida Atlantic University

First-of-its-kind Study on Frontotemporal Degeneration Led by FAU

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You may not have heard of it, but frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) accounts for 20 to 50 percent of dementia cases in people under the age of 65. FTD ravages an individual's quality of life by dramatically altering their language, personality, behavior, cognition and motor function. But it doesn't end there.

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