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[Japanese contribution to the understanding of frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17(FTDP-17)].
No to shinkei = Brain and nerve - 1 Feb 2003
Tsuboi Yoshio, Wszolek Zbigniew K, Mizuno Yoshikuni, Kobayashi Tomonori, Yasuda Minoru, Yamada Tatsuo
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Since the original description of frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17) during the Consensus Conference held in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1996, it has become apparent that this syndrome has worldwide distribution. More than 70 families have been described in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. The molecular genetic studies have identified 29 mutations outside and on exon...
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