High prevalence of mutations in the microtubule-associated protein tau in a population study of frontotemporal dementia in the Netherlands

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 414-421

  Rizzu, Patrizia ^a   Van Swieten, John C ^a   Joosse, Marijke ^a   Hasegawa, Masato ^c   Stevens, Martijn ^a   Tibben, Aad ^a   Niermeijer, Martinus F ^a   Hillebrand, Marcel ^a   Ravid, Rivka ^b   Oostra, Ben A ^a   Goedert, Michel ^c   Van Duijn, Cornelia M ^a   Heutink, Peter ^a,d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS BRAIN BANK   (Netherlands)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATION; NETHERLANDS; POINT MUTATION; PREVALENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NETHERLANDS; POINT MUTATION; PREVALENCE; TAU PROTEINS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033070197     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302256     Document Type: Article

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