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A Genetic Perspective on ALS and Frontotemporal Degeneration
Partners in FTD Care Spring 2018 Approximately 40% of affected individuals with FTD have a family history…
Common Presentations of ALS with FTD
Partners in FTD Care Spring 2018 ALS can present in myriad ways, with weakness in any segment…
A Shared Genetic Mutation
Partners in FTD Care Spring 2018 The discovery in 2011 that the C9orf72 gene mutation can cause…
What to Do About… ALS with FTD
Partners in FTD Care Spring 2018 Over the last ten years, there has been increasing recognition of…
A Caregiver’s Perspective…on Slow-Developing ALS with FTD
Partners in FTD Care Spring 2018 by Miki Paul, PhD, psychologist, former caregiver of husband who had…
An Evolving Understanding of ALS with Frontotemporal Degeneration
Partners in FTD Care, Spring 2018 Download the full issue (pdf) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called…
For Families Like Ours
After Joanne Linerud’s mother Sylvia was diagnosed with FTD, AFTD offered information, access to a growing national…
AFTD Volunteer Profile: Dr. A. Brandt Henderson
For more than three years, AFTD volunteer Dr. A. Brandt Henderson has used his professional background as…
AFTD-ADDF Research Awards Announced
AFTD’s partnership with the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) advances the search for FTD treatments through the…
2017 Pilot Grant Awards
AFTD is proud to announce our 2017 Pilot Grant awardees: Todd Cohen, PhD, Assistant Professor at the…
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