Evidence for a Common Founder and Clinical Characteristics of Japanese Families with the MAPT R406W Mutation

Background/Aim: Mutations in MAPT cause frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17). Patients with the MAPT R406W mutation were reported to show phenotypic heterogeneity in different ethnic backgrounds. We here report the clinical and genetic characteristics of Japane...

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Published in:	Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra
Main Authors:	Takeshi Ikeuchi, Toru Imamura, Yasuhiro Kawase, Yoshimi Kitade, Miyuki Tsuchiya, Takayoshi Tokutake, Kensaku Kasuga, Ryuji Yajima, Tamao Tsukie, Akinori Miyashita, Morihiro Sugishita, Ryozo Kuwano, Masatoyo Nishizawa
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Karger Publishers 2011-09-01
Subjects:	Amnestic syndrome Familial dementia Founder effect FTDP-17 MAPT mutation
Online Access:	http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/331243