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Novel presenilin 1 mutation (Ile408Thr) in an Italian family with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 1 Jan 2016
Tedde Andrea, Bartoli Antonella, Piaceri Irene, Ferrara Sara, Bagnoli Silvia, Serio Antonio, Sorbi Sandro, Nacmias Benedetta
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease affecting over 20 million people worldwide, mainly adult subjects in advanced age. Over 240 different fully penetrant autosomal dominant mutations in 532 families around the world have been described in three genes [i.e., amyloid precursor protein (APP), and presenilins (PSEN1 and PSEN2)] causing 50% of all Familial AD. We report a new mutation (p.Ile408Thr,...
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