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A novel presenilin 1 mutation (Y154N) in a patient with early onset Alzheimer's disease with spastic paraparesis.
Neuroscience letters - 30 Sept 2004
Hattori Sayoko, Sakuma Kenji, Wakutani Yosuke, Wada Kenji, Shimoda Masaru, Urakami Katsuya, Kowa Hisanori, Nakashima Kenji
Abstract excerpt
Early onset familial Alzheimer's disease with spastic paraparesis (FAD-SP) has been associated with mutations of the presenilin 1 gene (PSEN1). We report a pedigree of FAD-SP due to a novel missense mutation of PSEN1 (Y154N). The symptoms of the proband were characterized by presenile dementia in...
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