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C9ORF72 repeat expansions not detected in a group of patients with schizophrenia.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Apr 2013
Huey Edward D, Nagy Peter L, Rodriguez-Murillo Laura, Manoochehri Masood, Goldman Jill, Lieberman Jeffrey, Karayiorgou Maria, Mayeux Richard
Abstract excerpt
A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72 was recently found to cause some cases of frontotemporal lobar degeneration, frontotemporal dementia (FTD)-amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration with the C9ORF72 repeat expansion are more likely than those without to present with psychosis. In this study, we screened DNA samples from 192...
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