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ALS due to a novel TBK1 mutation in Brazil.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration - 1 Nov 2022
Gondim Francisco de Assis Aquino, Fernandes José Marcelino Aragão, Marques Júnior Wilson
Abstract excerpt
TANK-binding kinase 1 (TBK1) gene mutations cause ALS and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). We report a novel TBK1 mutation in a Brazilian patient with ALS. Symptoms started at age 44 (lower-limb onset). Despite treatment with riluzole, his condition progressed over 5 years to aphemia, dysphagia, gastrostomy and tracheostomy. A diagnostic test panel for neurodegenerative disorders disclosed a novel likely pathogenic...
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