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Screening for C9ORF72 repeat expansion in FTLD.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Aug 2012
Ferrari Raffaele, Mok Kin, Moreno Jorge H, Cosentino Stephanie, Goldman Jill, Pietrini Pietro, Mayeux Richard, Tierney Michael C, Kapogiannis Dimitrios, Jicha Gregory A, Murrell Jill R, Ghetti Bernardino, Wassermann Eric M, Grafman Jordan, Hardy John, Huey Edward D, Momeni Parastoo
Abstract excerpt
In the present study we aimed to determine the prevalence of C9ORF72 GGGGCC hexanucleotide expansion in our cohort of 53 frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) patients and 174 neurologically normal controls. We identified the hexanucleotide repeat, in the pathogenic range, in 4 (2 bv-frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and 2 FTD-amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [ALS]) out of 53 patients and 1 neurologically normal...
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