Young‐onset dementia diagnosis, management and care

Bahlo, Melanie

doi:10.5694/mja2.51996

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To the Editor: Loi and colleagues1 recently published a comprehensive review on young‐onset dementia (YOD). The review discussed genomic diagnostics, which has an increasing role to play in dementia care. Genetic diagnosis will lead to better outcomes for patients and their families, with greatest benefits for families found to have known pathogenic mutations in established monogenic causes of dementia.

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC

Correspondence: bahlo@wehi.edu.au

Acknowledgements:

Melanie Bahlo is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Grant (APP1195236).

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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