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Novel MAPT Val75Ala mutation and PSEN2 Arg62Hys in two siblings with frontotemporal dementia.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Feb 2010
Gallo Maura, Tomaino Carmine, Puccio Gianfranco, Frangipane Francesca, Curcio Sabrina A M, Bernardi Livia, Geracitano Silvana, Anfossi Maria, Mirabelli Maria, Colao Rosanna, Vasso Franca, Smirne Nicoletta, Maletta Raffaele G, Bruni Amalia Cecilia
Abstract excerpt
A clinical and molecular overlap between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) has been reported. Presenilins have been associated with FTD or with FTD-like phenotype, while mutations in the MAPT gene have been linked to a clinical phenotype of AD. We performed a clinical and...
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