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Role of BRI2 in dementia.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2014
Del Campo Marta, Teunissen Charlotte E
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, shares clinical and pathological similarities with familial British and Danish dementias (FBD and FDD). Whereas the etiology of sporadic AD remains unclear, familial AD is linked to mutations in amyloid-β protein precursor (AβPP), presenilin 1 (PS1), and presenilin 2 (PS2). Similarly, FBD and FDD originate from mutations in the BRI2 gene (or ITM2b),...
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