Novel <i>VCP</i> gene mutation in three siblings with frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a Turkish family

ALS and FTD have been considered for many years as two different pathologies with distinct pathology. But, in recent years some studies have revealed that these disorders belong to a continuum, the so-called ALS-FTD spectrum disorders. Many causative genes are shared in both diseases.