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SQSTM1 mutations--bridging Paget disease of bone and ALS/FTLD.
Experimental cell research - 1 Jul 2014
Rea Sarah L, Majcher Veronika, Searle Mark S, Layfield Rob
Abstract excerpt
Paget disease of bone (PDB) is a skeletal disorder common in Western Europe but extremely rare in the Indian subcontinent and Far East. The condition has a strong genetic element with mutations affecting the SQSTM1 gene, encoding the p62 protein, frequently identified. Recently SQSTM1 mutations have also been reported in a small number of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar...
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