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Mechanisms of Immune Activation by c9orf72-Expansions in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia
10 Dec 2019
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are neurodegenerative disorders that often share neuromusculature, cognitive, behavioral, and personality deficits, with either a sporadic or genetic, familial etiology. In cases of familial ALS and FTD, G4C2 hexanucleotide repeat expansions (HRE) within chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 (C9orf72) are the predominant monogenic cause. ALS and...
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