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Frequency of progranulin mutations in a German cohort of 79 frontotemporal dementia patients.
Journal of neurology - 1 Dec 2009
Schlachetzki Johannes Carolus Magnus, Schmidtke Klaus, Beckervordersandforth Jan, Borozdin Wiktor, Wilhelm Christian, Hüll Michael, Kohlhase Jürgen
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of the progranulin gene lead to progranulin haploinsufficiency and to frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTD) with TDP-43 positive inclusions. It is assumed that unknown genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors are responsible for the observed marked degree of phenotypic variabilit...
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