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Long-Term Hydromethylthionine Treatment Is Associated with Delayed Clinical Onset and Slowing of Cerebral Atrophy in a Pre-Symptomatic P301S MAPT Mutation Carrier.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2021
Bentham Peter, Staff Roger T, Schelter Bjoern O, Shiells Helen, Harrington Charles R, Wischik Claude M
Abstract excerpt
One of the mutations in the microtubule-associated protein tau, P301S, is causative for dominantly inherited frontotemporal dementia characterized by extensive tau pathology for which no licensed treatment is available. Hydromethylthionine is a potent tau aggregation inhibitor. We report treatment of an asymptomatic carrier of the P301S mutation using hydromethylthionine over a 5-year period beginning at the mean...
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