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ReviewAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2022

FRONTotemporal dementia Incidence European Research Study-FRONTIERS: Rationale and design.

Barbara Borroni, Caroline Graff, Orla Hardiman, Albert C Ludolph, Fermin Moreno, Markus Otto, Marco Piccininni, Anne M Remes, James B Rowe, Harro Seelaar and 4 more

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Review in Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Survival and mortality rates in early onset dementia.Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry · 2026
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  9. Tauopathies: new perspectives and challenges.Molecular neurodegeneration · 2022
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  10. FRONTotemporal dementia Incidence European Research Study-FRONTIERS: Rationale and design.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Barbara BorroniCentre for Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neurology Unit, ASST Spedali Civili Brescia and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
Caroline GraffDepartment NVS, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Orla HardimanAcademic Unit of Neurology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Albert C LudolphDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Fermin MorenoDepartment of Neurology, Cognitive Disorders Unit, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain.
Markus OttoDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Marco PiccininniInstitute of Public Health, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Anne M RemesUnit of Clinical Neuroscience, Neurology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
James B RoweDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Harro SeelaarDepartment of Neurology and Alzheimer center, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Elka StefanovaFaculty of Medicine, Neurology Clinic, University of Belgrade, University Clinical Center Serbia, Serbia.
Latchezar TraykovDepartment of Neurology, UH "Alexandrovska", Medical University Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Giancarlo LogroscinoCenter for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Aging Brain, Pia Fondazione di Culto e Religione, Cardinale Giovanni Panico, University of Bari-Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
FRONTIERS

Funding

Department of Health BRC-1215-20014Medical Research Council G101400Medical Research Council MR/M009041/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe incidence of Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD)-related disorders and their characteristics are not well known. The "FRONTotemporal dementia Incidence European Research Study" (FRONTIERS) is designed to fill this gap.

methodsFRONTIERS is a European prospective, observational population study based on multinational registries. FRONTIERS comprises 11 tertiary referral centers across Europe with long-lasting experience in FTLD-related disorders and comprehensive regional referral networks, enabling incidence estimation over well-defined geographical areas. ENDPOINTS: The primary endpoints are (1) the incidence of FTLD-related disorders across Europe; (2) geographic trends of FTLD-related disorders; (3) the distribution of FTLD phenotypes in different populations and ethnicities in Europe; (4) inheritance of FTLD-related disorders, including the frequencies of monogenic FTLD as compared to overall disease burden; and (5) implementation of data banking for clinical and biological material. EXPECTED IMPACTS: FRONTIERS will improve the understanding of FTLD-related disorders and their epidemiology, promoting appropriate public health service policies and treatment strategies.

Indexed as

Frontotemporal DementiaFrontotemporal Lobar DegenerationCohort StudiesHumansIncidenceProspective Studiesepidemiologyfrontotemporal dementiafrontotemporal lobar degenerationincidencerare diseasesregistry

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PMID34338439
PMCPMC9291221

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