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Frontotemporal Disorders

A Form of Dementia

1. Scientists estimate that FTLD may cause up to 10% of all cases of dementia and may be about as common as Alzheimer’s among people younger than age 65.

A. True

B. False


FTD? FTLD? Understanding Terms

2. FTLD can be identified definitively by:

A. Biomarkers in the blood

B. Brain scans

C. Autopsy

D. All of the above


Changes in the Brain

3. Which portion of the brain helps people understand words, speak, read, write, and connect words with their meanings?

A. The temporal lobes

B. The frontal lobe

C. The occipital lobe

D. None of the above


Types of Frontotemporal Disorders

4. Progressive language decline is marked by early changes in language ability, including speaking, understanding, reading, and writing.

A. True

B. False


Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia

5. One way that bvFTD is different from other dementias is that the patients all have Pick’s disease.

A. True

B. False


Primary Progressive Aphasia

6. Which are commonly seen in logopenic PPA?

A. Trouble understanding words and sentences.

B. Trouble finding the right words during conversations.

C. Problems with grammar.

D. All of the above.


Causes

7. What percentage of people inherit frontotemporal disorders directly from a parent?

A. Percentage unknown

B. 40%

C. 20%

D. 10%


8. Mutations in which gene is the most common genetic abnormality in familial frontotemporal disorders?

A. Tau gene

B. PGRN gene

C. VCP gene and CHMP2B gene

D. C9ORF72 gene


Emotional Symptoms

9. Apathy is often confused with which of the following?

A. Depression

B. Anxiety

C. Bi-polar disorder

D. None of the above


Treating Language Problems

10. Treating aphasia for those with PPA uses the same treatment strategies as aphasia caused by stroke.

A. True

B. False


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