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Hippocampal sclerosis dementia with the C9ORF72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Oct 2014
Pletnikova Olga, Sloane Kelly L, Renton Alan E, Traynor Bryan J, Crain Barbara J, Reid Tammy, Zu Tao, Ranum Laura P W, Troncoso Juan C, Rabins Peter V, Onyike Chiadi U
Abstract excerpt
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are the main syndromes of the chromosome 9 ORF72 (C9ORF72) hexanucleotide repeat expansion, but studies have shown a substantial phenotypic diversity that includes psychiatric presentations. This study describes hippocampal sclerosis dementia (HSD) in carriers of the C9ORF72 mutation. We compared clinical and neuropathological features of HSD...
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