C9ORF72 repeat expansion in Australian and Spanish frontotemporal dementia patients.

A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72 has been established as a common cause of frontotemporal dementia (FTD). However, the minimum repeat number necessary for disease pathogenesis is not known. The aims of our study were to determine the frequency of the C9ORF72 repeat expansion in two FTD p...

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Main Authors: Carol Dobson-Stone, Marianne Hallupp, Clement T Loy, Elizabeth M Thompson, Eric Haan, Carolyn M Sue, Peter K Panegyres, Cristina Razquin, Manuel Seijo-Martínez, Ramon Rene, Jordi Gascon, Jaume Campdelacreu, Birgit Schmoll, Alexander E Volk, William S Brooks, Peter R Schofield, Pau Pastor, John B J Kwok
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3577667?pdf=render