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Familial frontotemporal dementia associated with C9orf72 repeat expansion and dysplastic gangliocytoma.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Feb 2014
Ferrari Raffaele, Kero Mia, Mok Kin, Paetau Anders, Tienari Pentti J, Tynninen Olli, Hardy John, Momeni Parastoo, Verkkoniemi-Ahola Auli, Myllykangas Liisa
Abstract excerpt
A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in the chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 gene (C9orf72) was recently identified as the most common genetic cause of frontotemporal dementia/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Here we describe the clinical, pathologic, and genetic features of a Finnish C9orf72 expansion carrier, who developed a dysplastic gangliocytoma (Lhermitte-Duclos disease), a rare hamartoma/overgrowth syndrome...
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