Article
[Tauopathies--a new class of neurodegenerative diseases].
Der Nervenarzt - 1 Feb 2001
Ludolph A C, Sperfeld A, Collatz B M, Storch A
Abstract excerpt
Recently it was shown by several research groups that mutations in the gene encoding for the tau protein associated with microtubuli on chromosome 17 caused a distinct form of dementia named frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism (FTDP-17). This disease includes familial asymmetrical frontal and, in the further course, frontotemporal dementia, parkinsonism, which is often initially sensitive to levodopa, signs...
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