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[New mutation in the PSEN1 (E120G) gene associated with early onset Alzheimer's disease].
Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain) - 1 Jan 2000
Lladó A, Sánchez-Valle R, Rey M J, Mercadal P, Almenar C, López-Villegas D, Fortea J, Molinuevo J L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To describe a novel mutation in exon 5 of the presenilin 1 gene (E120G)associated with early-onset autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease (AD). PATIENT AND METHODS: The proband was a man who began with memory loss and progressive cognitive decline at the age of 34. His father and his sister suffered from early-onset cognitive decline. The genetic study performed on the blood sample using the single...
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