Modelling C9orf72-linked frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are neurodegenerative diseases with considerable clinical, genetic and pathological overlap. A GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat expansion in a non-coding region of C9orf72 on chromosome 9 is the major cause of both FTLD and...

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Main Author: Ryan, Sarah
Published: University of Manchester 2015
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677816