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Psychiatric Presentations of C9orf72 Mutation: What Are the Diagnostic Implications for Clinicians?
The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences - 1 Jan 2017
Ducharme Simon, Bajestan Sepideh, Dickerson Bradford C, Voon Valerie
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The C9orf72 mutation was identified as the most frequent genetic cause of frontotemporal dementia (FTD). In light of multiple reports of predominant psychiatric presentations of FTD secondary to C9orf72 mutation, the American Neuropsychiatric Association Committee on Research reviewed all studies on psychiatric aspects of this mutation to identify clinically relevant features for diagnosis. The most common...
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