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Neuronal nitric oxide synthase C276T polymorphism increases the risk for frontotemporal lobar degeneration.
European journal of neurology - 1 Jan 2008
Venturelli E, Villa C, Scarpini E, Fenoglio C, Guidi I, Lovati C, Marcone A, Cortini F, Scalabrini D, Clerici F, Bresolin N, Mariani C, Cappa S, Galimberti D
Abstract excerpt
The neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) is abundantly expressed in the brain and its transcripts have been found in the frontal cerebral cortex. Eighty-nine patients with different neurodegenerative tau-related disorders, including 71 patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), 12 with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and 6 with corticobasal degeneration (CBD), were genotyped for the C276T...
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