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Time Course of Radiological Imaging and Variable Interindividual Symptoms in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia Associated with p.Arg487His Mutation in the VCP Gene.
European neurology - 1 Jan 2017
Hirano Makito, Yamagishi Yuko, Yanagimoto Satoshi, Saigoh Kazumasa, Nakamura Yusaku, Kusunoki Susumu
Abstract excerpt
To our knowledge, this is the first study to report the time course of radiological imaging of 3 patients from 2 families with VCP-related amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and dementia. Both families shared the same p.Arg487His mutation in the VCP gene encoding valosin-containing protein. The first patient started to have a typical form of ALS, followed by dementia 7 years later. The second patient, a brother...
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