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Common Presentations of ALS with FTD

Partners in FTD Care Spring 2018 ALS can present in myriad ways, with weakness in any segment…

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A Shared Genetic Mutation

Partners in FTD Care Spring 2018 The discovery in 2011 that the C9orf72 gene mutation can cause…

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What to Do About… ALS with FTD

Partners in FTD Care Spring 2018 Over the last ten years, there has been increasing recognition of…

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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…

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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…

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For Families Like Ours

After Joanne Linerud’s mother Sylvia was diagnosed with FTD, AFTD offered information, access to a growing national…

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AFTD Volunteer Profile: Dr. A. Brandt Henderson

For more than three years, AFTD volunteer Dr. A. Brandt Henderson has used his professional background as…

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AFTD-ADDF Research Awards Announced

AFTD’s partnership with the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) advances the search for FTD treatments through the…

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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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Advancing Research with FTSG

On March 8 and 9 AFTD hosted the eighth meeting of the FTD Treatment Study Group (FTSG)…

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