DCUN1D1 is a risk factor for frontotemporal lobar degeneration

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 870-873

  Villa, C ^a   Venturelli, E ^a   Fenoglio, C ^a   Clerici, F ^b   Marcone, A ^c   Benussi, L ^d   Gallone, S ^e   Scalabrini, D ^b   Cortini, F ^b   Serpente, M ^b   Martinelli Boneschi, F ^c   Cappa, S ^c,f   Binetti, G ^d   Mariani, C ^c   Rainero, I ^e   Giordana, M T ^e   Bresolin, N ^a   Scarpini, E ^a   Galimberti, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

DCUN1D1; Frontotemporal lobar degeneration; Polymorphism; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DCUN1D1 GENE; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; DEMENTIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 66749095401     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02611.x     Document Type: Article

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