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Mutation analysis of disease causing genes in patients with early onset or familial forms of Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia.
BMC genomics - 4 Feb 2022
Pagnon de la Vega María, Näslund Carl, Brundin RoseMarie, Lannfelt Lars, Löwenmark Malin, Kilander Lena, Ingelsson Martin, Giedraitis Vilmantas
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Most dementia disorders have a clear genetic background and a number of disease genes have been identified. Mutations in the tau gene (MAPT) lead to frontotemporal dementia (FTD), whereas mutations in the genes for the amyloid-β precursor protein (APP) and the presenilins (PSEN1, PSEN2) cause early-onset, dominantly inherited forms of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Even if mutations causing Mendelian forms...
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