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A mutation in the microtubule-associated protein tau in pallido-nigro-luysian degeneration.
Neurology - 11 Sept 1999
Yasuda M, Kawamata T, Komure O, Kuno S, D'Souza I, Poorkaj P, Kawai J, Tanimukai S, Yamamoto Y, Hasegawa H, Sasahara M, Hazama F, Schellenberg G D, Tanaka C
Abstract excerpt
We detected a missense mutation in exon 10 of tau that causes a substitution at codon 279 (N279K) in a Japanese patient with a familial background of parkinsonism and dementia originally described as pallido-nigro-luysian degeneration. This mutation is the same as one seen in a Caucasian family with pallido-ponto-nigral degeneration. The similarities between these two families suggest a common genetic mechanism...
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