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Inclusion body myopathy associated with Paget disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia is caused by mutant valosin-containing protein.
Nature genetics - 1 Apr 2004
Watts Giles D J, Wymer Jill, Kovach Margaret J, Mehta Sarju G, Mumm Steven, Darvish Daniel, Pestronk Alan, Whyte Michael P, Kimonis Virginia E
Abstract excerpt
Inclusion body myopathy associated with Paget disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia (IBMPFD) is a dominant progressive disorder that maps to chromosome 9p21.1-p12. We investigated 13 families with IBMPFD linked to chromosome 9 using a candidate-gene approach. We found six missense mutations...
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