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Cortical hyperexcitability in patients with C9ORF72 mutations: Relationship to phenotype.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Aug 2016
Schanz Olivia, Bageac Devin, Braun Laura, Traynor Bryan J, Lehky Tanya J, Floeter Mary Kay
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INTRODUCTION: Patients with mutations in C9orf72 can have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), or ALS-FTD. The goals were to establish whether cortical hyperexcitability occurs in C9orf72 patients with different clinical presentations. METHODS: Cortical thresholds and silent periods were measured in thenar muscles in 19 participants with C9orf72 expansions and 21 healthy controls...
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