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Fine-scale mapping of a novel dementia gene, PLOSL, by linkage disequilibrium.
Genomics - 1 Dec 1998
Pekkarinen P, Kestilä M, Paloneva J, Terwillign J, Varilo T, Järvi O, Hakola P, Peltonen L
Abstract excerpt
Polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia with sclerosing leukoencephalopathy (PLOSL; MIM 221770) is a rare hereditary cause of presenile dementia with autosomal recessive inheritance. Its unique feature is the cystic bone lesions that accompany the dementia. About 160 cases have been reported to date, mostly in Finland and Japan. The etiology and pathogenesis of PLOSL are unknown. We recently assigned the locus...
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