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Distinct clinical and pathological characteristics of frontotemporal dementia associated with C9ORF72 mutations.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Mar 2012
Snowden Julie S, Rollinson Sara, Thompson Jennifer C, Harris Jennifer M, Stopford Cheryl L, Richardson Anna M T, Jones Matthew, Gerhard Alex, Davidson Yvonne S, Robinson Andrew, Gibbons Linda, Hu Quan, DuPlessis Daniel, Neary David, Mann David M A, Pickering-Brown Stuart M
Abstract excerpt
The identification of a hexanucleotide repeat expansion in the C9ORF72 gene as the cause of chromosome 9-linked frontotemporal dementia and motor neuron disease offers the opportunity for greater understanding of the relationship between these disorders and other clinical forms of frontotemporal lobar degeneration. In this study, we screened a cohort of 398 patients with frontotemporal dementia, progressive...
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