Absence of pathogenic mutations in presenilin homologue 2 in a conclusively 17-linked tau-negative dementia family [2]

Neurogenetics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-80

  Rademakers, R ^a   Van Den Broeck, M ^a   Sleegers, K ^b   Van Duijn, C ^b   Van Broeckhoven, C ^a   Cruts, M ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lack of pathogenic mutations; Presenilin homologue 2; Tau negative dementia

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PRESENILIN 2; TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CODON; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAPT GENE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESENILIN-2; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 1542289900     PISSN: 13646745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10048-003-0162-z     Document Type: Letter

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