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Characteristics of frontotemporal dementia patients with a Progranulin mutation.
Annals of neurology - 1 Sept 2006
Huey Edward D, Grafman Jordan, Wassermann Eric M, Pietrini Pietro, Tierney Michael C, Ghetti Bernardino, Spina Salvatore, Baker Matt, Hutton Mike, Elder Joshua W, Berger Stephen L, Heflin Kyle A, Hardy John, Momeni Parastoo
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Mutations in the Progranulin gene (PGRN) recently have been discovered to be associated with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) linked to 17q21 without identified MAPT mutations. The range of mutations of PGRN that can result in the FTD phenotype and the clinical presentation of patients with PGRN mutations have yet to be determined. METHODS: In this study, we examined 84 FTD patients from families not...
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