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Chromosome 9p-linked families with frontotemporal dementia associated with motor neuron disease.
Neurology - 12 May 2009
Le Ber I, Camuzat A, Berger E, Hannequin D, Laquerrière A, Golfier V, Seilhean D, Viennet G, Couratier P, Verpillat P, Heath S, Camu W, Martinaud O, Lacomblez L, Vercelletto M, Salachas F, Sellal F, Didic M, Thomas-Anterion C, Puel M, Michel B-F, Besse C, Duyckaerts C, Meininger V, Campion D, Dubois B, Brice A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Frontotemporal dementia associated with motor neuron disease (FTD-MND) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder that may be inherited by autosomal dominant trait. No major gene has been identified but a locus was mapped on chromosome 9 (9p21.3-p13.3). METHODS: Ten French families with FTD-MND were tested for linkage to the 9p21.3-p13.3 region. We report extensive mutation screening in 9p-linked families...
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