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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 her 40s, preceded by spastic paraparesis in her 30s, whereas the mother of the proband presented with spastic...
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