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Frontotemporal lobar degeneration genome wide association study replication confirms a risk locus shared with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Apr 2011
Rollinson Sara, Mead Simon, Snowden Julie, Richardson Anna, Rohrer Jonathan, Halliwell Nicola, Usher Suzanne, Neary David, Mann David, Hardy John, Pickering-Brown Stuart
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Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is a common cause of dementia especially in patients under the age of 65. FTLD has a high incidence of heritability with as many as 40% of patients reporting a family history of disease. Recently, the first genome wide association study was performed using only FTLD patients with a pathologically confirmed TDP-43 pathology. Genome wide significance was detected for a...
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