Search for a mutation in the tau gene in a Swiss family with frontotemporal dementia.

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Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is considered to have a heterogeneous aetiology. To date the tau gene located on chromosome 17 has been shown to be implicated in the pathogenesis of several FTD families with parkinsonism, the so called FTDP-17 families. The mutations reported so far are located within exons 9 to 13, a region coding for the microtubule-binding sites. They are causing various cytoskeletal...

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