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How long does someone live with frontal temporal dementia?
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May be variable: The variant associated with motor neuron disease, or a parkinsonian process, has a 3-10 yr survival after diagnosis. The behavioural variant may progress very slowly, and may go on for years.
Answered 7/16/2014
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