Frontotemporal lobar degeneration/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Frontotemporal lobar degeneration.

A rare form of dementia that is sometimes familial. Clinical features include aphasia; apraxia; confusion; anomia; memory loss; and personality deterioration. This pattern is consistent with the pathologic findings of circumscribed atrophy of the poles of the frontal lobe and temporal lobe (National Library of Medicine).

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