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Prevalence of frontotemporal lobar degeneration in an isolated population: the Vallecamonica study.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Aug 2012
Gilberti Nicola, Turla Marinella, Alberici Antonella, Bertasi Valeria, Civelli Patrizia, Archetti Silvana, Padovani Alessandro, Borroni Barbara
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The study of neurodegenerative diseases, such as frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), in isolated populations represents a privileged point of view for identifying new causative genes and pathogenetic mechanisms. Vallecamonica is a valley located in the Brescia province (Northern Italy), which experienced isolation until the end of World War II. The aims of the present work were (1) to estimate the...
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