Is frontotemporal lobar degeneration a rare disorder? Evidence from a preliminary study in Brescia County, Italy

Barbara Borroni; Antonella Alberici; Mario Grassi; Marinella Turla; Orazio Zanetti; Angelo Bianchetti; Giorgio Dalla Volta; Renzo Rozzini; Nicola Gilberti; Giuseppe Bellelli; Alessandro Padovani

doi:10.3233/JAD-2010-1208

Is frontotemporal lobar degeneration a rare disorder? Evidence from a preliminary study in Brescia County, Italy

Barbara Borroni, Antonella Alberici, Mario Grassi, Marinella Turla, Orazio Zanetti, Angelo Bianchetti, Giorgio Dalla Volta, Renzo Rozzini, Nicola Gilberti, Giuseppe Bellelli, Alessandro Padovani

Centro San Giovanni di Dio - Fatebenefratelli

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Abstract

Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD) has always been considered a rare disorder, but only a few epidemiologic studies are available. The aim of the present work was to ascertain all FTLD patients in a Northern Italy area from January 2001 to December 2008, and to estimate the disease prevalence. On the census day, 213 FTD patients were still alive, resulting in an overall prevalence of 17.6 per 100,000 inhabitants. The prevalence of FTLD in patients aged 45-65 years was 22 per 100,000 inhabitants (95% CI=17-27). The prevalence of FTLD was the highest in patients aged 66-75 (78 per 100,000 inhabitants, 95% CI=56-100), and it was still high over 75 years (54 per 100,000 inhabitants, 95% CI=36-69). FTLD is a more common form of dementia than previously recognized. Our results claimed that FTLD is not only an early-onset disorder, but it is frequent in advanced age as well.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	111-116
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
Volume	19
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-2010-1208
Publication status	Published - 2010

Keywords

Epidemiology
Frontotemporal Dementia
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration
Prevalence
Rare disease

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Psychiatry and Mental health
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Clinical Psychology

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Is frontotemporal lobar degeneration a rare disorder? Evidence from a preliminary study in Brescia County, Italy. / Borroni, Barbara; Alberici, Antonella; Grassi, Mario; Turla, Marinella; Zanetti, Orazio; Bianchetti, Angelo; Volta, Giorgio Dalla; Rozzini, Renzo; Gilberti, Nicola; Bellelli, Giuseppe; Padovani, Alessandro.

In: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2010, p. 111-116.

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Borroni, Barbara ; Alberici, Antonella ; Grassi, Mario ; Turla, Marinella ; Zanetti, Orazio ; Bianchetti, Angelo ; Volta, Giorgio Dalla ; Rozzini, Renzo ; Gilberti, Nicola ; Bellelli, Giuseppe ; Padovani, Alessandro. / Is frontotemporal lobar degeneration a rare disorder? Evidence from a preliminary study in Brescia County, Italy. In: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2010 ; Vol. 19, No. 1. pp. 111-116.

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