Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia Associated With a New Mutation V363I in Tau Gene

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Reported here is a new missense mutation V363I in exon 12 of the microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) gene associated with progressive nonfluent aphasia, with onset at the age of 69 years in a woman. Although near mute, she maintained complex activities and had no discernible deficits outside of language until the age of 75 years, when progressive gait and swallowing disturbances appeared. There was a...

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