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Two Australian families with inclusion-body myopathy, Paget's disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia: novel clinical and genetic findings.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 May 2010
Kumar Kishore R, Needham Merrilee, Mina Kym, Davis Mark, Brewer Janice, Staples Christopher, Ng Karl, Sue Carolyn M, Mastaglia Frank L
Abstract excerpt
We report the first Australian families with inclusion-body myopathy, Paget's disease of the bone and frontotemporal dementia (IBMPFD). The clinical characteristics of the two pedigrees are described including a previously undescribed phenotypic feature of pyramidal tract dysfunction in one family member. A novel mutation in the valosin-containing protein (VCP) gene (p.Arg155Leu) was found in one family while the...
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