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Dominant frontotemporal dementia mutations in 140 cases of primary progressive aphasia and speech apraxia.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2015
Flanagan Eoin P, Baker Matthew C, Perkerson Ralph B, Duffy Joseph R, Strand Edythe A, Whitwell Jennifer L, Machulda Mary M, Rademakers Rosa, Josephs Keith A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations in three genes [chromosome 9 open-reading-frame 72 (C9ORF72); microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) and progranulin (GRN)] account for the vast majority of familial, and a proportion of sporadic, frontotemporal dementia (FTD) cases. Progressive apraxia of speech (PAOS) is a type of FTD characterized by speech production deficits without a known cause. METHODS: We therefore assessed for...
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