frontotemporal dementia and/or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 1

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Disease Overview

Any frontotemporal dementia with motor neuron disease in which the cause of the disease is a mutation in the C9orf72 gene.


Synonyms

  • ALSFTD
  • C9ORF72 frontotemporal dementia with motor neuron disease
  • C9orf72 frontotemporal dementia with motor neuron disease
  • FTDALS1
  • FTDMND
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and/or frontotemporal dementia
  • frontotemporal dementia and/or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • frontotemporal dementia and/or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 1
  • frontotemporal dementia and/or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis type 1
  • frontotemporal dementia and/or motor neuron disease
  • frontotemporal dementia with motor neuron disease caused by mutation in C9ORF72
  • frontotemporal dementia with motor neuron disease caused by mutation in C9orf72

GARD Disease Summary

The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) has information and resources for patients, caregivers, and families that may be helpful before and after diagnosis of this condition. GARD is a program of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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OMIM

Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man (OMIM) has a summary of published research about this condition and includes references from the medical literature. The summary contains medical and scientific terms, so we encourage you to share and discuss this information with your doctor. OMIM is authored and edited at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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