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Heterogeneity of presenile dementia with bone cysts (Nasu-Hakola disease): three genetic forms.
Neurology - 8 Oct 2002
Kondo T, Takahashi K, Kohara N, Takahashi Y, Hayashi S, Takahashi H, Matsuo H, Yamazaki M, Inoue K, Miyamoto K, Yamamura T
Abstract excerpt
Nasu-Hakola disease (NHD) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by presenile dementia and bone cysts. Finnish patients revealed a large deletion in DAP12 gene encoding a key element for transducing activation signal. The authors examined six Japanese cases for DAP12 alleles. Five of the six had loss-of-function mutation, either a single-base deletion or a novel point mutation. The single patient...
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