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Screening for the C9ORF72 repeat expansion in a greek frontotemporal dementia cohort.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration - 1 Feb 2018
Kartanou Chrisoula, Karadima Georgia, Koutsis Georgios, Breza Marianthi, Papageorgiou Sokratis G, Paraskevas George P, Kapaki Elisabeth, Panas Marios
Abstract excerpt
The C9orf72 repeat expansion is a common genetic cause of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in European populations. A previous study has reported a high frequency of the expansion in Greek ALS. However, no data have been reported on the frequency of the expansion in Greek FTD. Currently, we investigated the frequency of the C9orfF72 expansion in a well-characterized cohort of...
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