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Serum progranulin levels in patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration and Alzheimer's disease: detection of GRN mutations in a Spanish cohort.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2012
Antonell Anna, Gil Silvia, Sánchez-Valle Raquel, Balasa Mircea, Bosch Beatriz, Prat Ma Carmen, Chiollaz Anne-Cécile, Fernández Manel, Yagüe Jordi, Molinuevo José Luis, Lladó Albert
Abstract excerpt
Progranulin gene (GRN) mutations cause frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) with TDP43-positive inclusions, although its clinical phenotype is heterogeneous and includes patients classified as behavioral variant-FTLD (bvFTLD), progressive non-fluent aphasia (PNFA), corticobasal syndrome, Alzheimer's disease (AD), or Parkinson's disease (PD). Our main objective was to study if low serum progranulin protein...
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