Familial frontotemporal dementia with neuronal intranuclear inclusions is not a polyglutamine expansion disease

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Many cases of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are familial, often with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. Some are due to a mutation in the tau- encoding gene, on chromosome 17, and show an accumulation of abnormal tau in br...

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Main Authors: Neal Scott J, Lindholm Caroline, Feldman Howard, Dwosh Emily, Devon Rebecca S, Butland Stefanie L, Mackenzie Ian R, Ouellette BF Francis, Leavitt Blair R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-08-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2377/6/32