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Progranulin peripheral levels as a screening tool for the identification of subjects with progranulin mutations in a Portuguese cohort.
Neuro-degenerative diseases - 1 Jan 2014
Almeida Maria Rosário, Baldeiras Inês, Ribeiro Maria Helena, Santiago Beatriz, Machado Cristina, Massano João, Guimarães Joana, Resende Oliveira Catarina, Santana Isabel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Progranulin (PGRN) mutations are associated with different clinical phenotypes, including frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), corticobasal syndrome (CBS) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). As all pathogenic PGRN mutations identified so far cause disease through haploinsufficiency, determination of PGRN levels has been proposed as a reliable method to identify mutation carriers. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate...
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