Frequency of tau mutations in familial and sporadic frontotemporal dementia and other tauopathies

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 251, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1098-1104

  Stanford, Prudence M ^a,b   Brooks, William S ^b,c,d   Teber, Erdahl T ^a,b   Hallupp, Marianne ^a   McLean, Catriona ^e   Halliday, Glenda M ^b   Martins, Ralph N ^f   Kwok, John B J ^a   Schofield, Peter R ^a,b  

^a GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frontotemporal dementia; MAPT; Mutation screen; Tau gene; Tauopathy

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 17; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PARKINSONISM; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; TAU GENE; TAUOPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; TAU PROTEINS; TAUOPATHIES;

EID: 4644293099     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-004-0489-x     Document Type: Article

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