Biochemical and pathological characterization of frontotemporal dementia due to a Leu266Val mutation in microtubule-associated protein tau in an African American individual

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 471-479

  Van Deerlin, Vivianna M ^a   Forman, Mark S ^a   Farmer, Jennifer M ^a   Grossman, Murray ^b   Joyce, Sonali ^a   Crowe, Alex ^a   Trojanowski, John Q ^a   Lee, Virginia M Y ^a   Chatterjee, Anjan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Familial dementia; Frontotemporal lobar degeneration; FTDP 17; Pick disease; Tauopathies

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; TAU PROTEIN; VALINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEMENTIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUCINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUTATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TAU PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VALINE;

EID: 33947200739     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-006-0155-8     Document Type: Article

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