Article
Clinical characteristics of patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis carrying the pathogenic GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat expansion of C9ORF72.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Mar 2012
Chiò Adriano, Borghero Giuseppe, Restagno Gabriella, Mora Gabriele, Drepper Carsten, Traynor Bryan J, Sendtner Michael, Brunetti Maura, Ossola Irene, Calvo Andrea, Pugliatti Maura, Sotgiu Maria Alessandra, Murru Maria Rita, Marrosu Maria Giovanna, Marrosu Francesco, Marinou Kalliopi, Mandrioli Jessica, Sola Patrizia, Caponnetto Claudia, Mancardi Gianluigi, Mandich Paola, La Bella Vincenzo, Spataro Rossella, Conte Amelia, Monsurrò Maria Rosaria, Tedeschi Gioacchino, Pisano Fabrizio, Bartolomei Ilaria, Salvi Fabrizio, Lauria Pinter Giuseppe, Simone Isabella, Logroscino Giancarlo, Gambardella Antonio, Quattrone Aldo, Lunetta Christian, Volanti Paolo, Zollino Marcella, Penco Silvana, Battistini Stefania, Renton Alan E, Majounie Elisa, Abramzon Yevgeniya, Conforti Francesca Luisa, Giannini Fabio, Corbo Massimo, Sabatelli Mario
Abstract excerpt
A large hexanucleotide (GGGGCC) repeat expansion in the first intron of C9ORF72, a gene located on chromosome 9p21, has been recently reported to be responsible for ~40% of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases of European ancestry. The aim of the current article was to describe the phenotype of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis cases carrying the expansion by providing a detailed clinical description of...
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