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Potential mechanisms of progranulin-deficient FTLD.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 Nov 2011
Ward Michael Emmerson, Miller Bruce L
Abstract excerpt
Frontotemporal lobar dementia (FTLD) is the most common cause of dementia in patients younger than 60 years of age, and causes progressive neurodegeneration of the frontal and temporal lobes usually accompanied by devastating changes in language or behavior in affected individuals. Mutations in the progranulin (GRN) gene account for a significant fraction of familial FTLD, and in the vast majority of cases, these...
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