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TAU mutations are not a predominant cause of frontotemporal dementia in Canadian patients.
The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques - 1 Aug 2004
Levchenko Anastasia, Robitaille Yves, Strong Michael J, Rouleau Guy A
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OBJECTIVE: Frontotemporal dementia is a neurodegenerative disease affecting mostly the frontal and/or temporal lobes, with neuronal loss and intraneuronal and/or intraglial inclusions composed of hyperphosphorylated microtubule-associated protein tau and ubiquitin. Missense and splice site mutations in the TAU gene have been identified in approximately 15% of all frontotemporal dementia cases. In this study, we...
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