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Progressive supranuclear palsy pathology caused by a novel silent mutation in exon 10 of the tau gene: expansion of the disease phenotype caused by tau gene mutations.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 May 2000
Stanford P M, Halliday G M, Brooks W S, Kwok J B, Storey C E, Creasey H, Morris J G, Fulham M J, Schofield P R
Abstract excerpt
Genetic mutations in the tau gene on chromosome 17 are known to cause frontotemporal dementias. We have identified a novel silent mutation (S305S) in the tau gene in a subject without significant atrophy or cellular degeneration of the frontal and temporal cortices. Rather the cellular pathology was characteristic of progressive supranuclear palsy, with neurofibrillary tangles concentrating within the subcortical...
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