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Loss of TBK1 is a frequent cause of frontotemporal dementia in a Belgian cohort.
Neurology - 15 Dec 2015
Gijselinck Ilse, Van Mossevelde Sara, van der Zee Julie, Sieben Anne, Philtjens Stéphanie, Heeman Bavo, Engelborghs Sebastiaan, Vandenbulcke Mathieu, De Baets Greet, Bäumer Veerle, Cuijt Ivy, Van den Broeck Marleen, Peeters Karin, Mattheijssens Maria, Rousseau Frederic, Vandenberghe Rik, De Jonghe Peter, Cras Patrick, De Deyn Peter P, Martin Jean-Jacques, Cruts Marc, Van Broeckhoven Christine
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess the genetic contribution of TBK1, a gene implicated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and FTD-ALS, in Belgian FTD and ALS patient cohorts containing a significant part of genetically unresolved patients. METHODS: We sequenced TBK1 in a hospital-based cohort of 482 unrelated patients with FTD and FTD-ALS and 147 patients with ALS and an extended Belgian...
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