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Genetic background predicts poor prognosis in frontotemporal lobar degeneration.
Neuro-degenerative diseases - 1 Jan 2011
Borroni B, Grassi M, Archetti S, Papetti A, Del Bo R, Bonvicini C, Comi G P, Gennarelli M, Bellelli G, Di Luca M, Padovani A
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BACKGROUND: Ruling out predictors of survival in frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is a clinical challenge for defining disease outcomes and monitoring therapeutic interventions. Little is known about determinants of survival in FTLD. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to identify whether genetic determinants are key, not only as risk factors but as predictors of survival in FTLD. METHODS:...
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