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Mutations in the colony stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R) gene cause hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids.
Nature genetics - 25 Dec 2011
Rademakers Rosa, Baker Matt, Nicholson Alexandra M, Rutherford Nicola J, Finch NiCole, Soto-Ortolaza Alexandra, Lash Jennifer, Wider Christian, Wojtas Aleksandra, DeJesus-Hernandez Mariely, Adamson Jennifer, Kouri Naomi, Sundal Christina, Shuster Elizabeth A, Aasly Jan, MacKenzie James, Roeber Sigrun, Kretzschmar Hans A, Boeve Bradley F, Knopman David S, Petersen Ronald C, Cairns Nigel J, Ghetti Bernardino, Spina Salvatore, Garbern James, Tselis Alexandros C, Uitti Ryan, Das Pritam, Van Gerpen Jay A, Meschia James F, Levy Shawn, Broderick Daniel F, Graff-Radford Neill, Ross Owen A, Miller Bradley B, Swerdlow Russell H, Dickson Dennis W, Wszolek Zbigniew K
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids (HDLS) is an autosomal-dominant central nervous system white-matter disease with variable clinical presentations, including personality and behavioral changes, dementia, depression, parkinsonism, seizures and other phenotypes. We combined genome-wide linkage analysis with exome sequencing and identified 14 different mutations affecting the tyrosine kinase...
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