A Novel italian presenilin 2 gene mutation with prevalent behavioral phenotype

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 509-511

  Marcon, Gabriella ^a,b   Di Fede, Giuseppe ^a   Giaccone, Giorgio ^a   Rossi, Giacomina ^a   Giovagnoli, Anna Rita ^a   MacCagnano, Elio ^a   Tagliavini, Fabrizio ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Atypical phenotype; Familial; Mutation; Presenilin 2

Indexed keywords

PRESENILIN 2; PSEN2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETICS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; PREVALENCE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRESENILIN-2; PREVALENCE;

EID: 65549133829     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2009-0986     Document Type: Article

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