Characterization of frontotemporal dementia and/or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis associated with the GGGGCC repeat expansion in C9ORF72
Numerous kindreds with familial frontotemporal dementia and/or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis have been linked to chromosome 9, and an expansion of the GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat in the non-coding region of chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 has recently been identified as the pathogenic mechanism....
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2012
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3286335/ |