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Variability of the clinical phenotype in an Italian family with dementia associated with an intronic deletion in the GRN gene.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2011
Marcon Gabriella, Rossi Giacomina, Giaccone Giorgio, Giovagnoli Anna Rita, Piccoli Elena, Zanini Sergio, Geatti Onelio, Toso Vito, Grisoli Marina, Tagliavini Fabrizio
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the progranulin gene (GRN) were recently identified as an important cause of familial frontotemporal dementia (FTD). More than 60 pathogenic mutations have been reported up to now and prominent phenotypic variability within and among affected kindreds has been described. We have stud...
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