A C9orf72 promoter repeat expansion in a Flanders-Belgian cohort with disorders of the frontotemporal lobar degeneration-amyotrophic lateral sclerosis spectrum: A gene identification study

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-65

  Gijselinck, Ilse ^a,b   Van Langenhove, Tim ^a,b,c   van der Zee, Julie ^a,b   Sleegers, Kristel ^a,b   Philtjens, Stéphanie ^a,b   Kleinberger, Gernot ^a,b   Janssens, Jonathan ^a,b   Bettens, Karolien ^a,b   Van Cauwenberghe, Caroline ^a,b   Pereson, Sandra ^a,b   Engelborghs, Sebastiaan ^b,d   Sieben, Anne ^a,b,e   De Jonghe, Peter ^a,b,c   Vandenberghe, Rik ^f   Santens, Patrick ^e   De Bleecker, Jan ^e   Maes, Githa ^a,b   Bäumer, Veerle ^a,b   Dillen, Lubina ^a,b   Joris, Geert ^a,b   Cuijt, Ivy ^a,b   Corsmit, Ellen ^a,b   Elinck, Ellen ^a,b   Van Dongen, Jasper ^a,b   Vermeulen, Steven ^a,b   Van den Broeck, Marleen ^a,b   Vaerenberg, Carolien ^a,b   Mattheijssens, Maria ^a,b   Peeters, Karin ^a,b   Robberecht, Wim ^a,f   Cras, Patrick ^b,c   Martin, Jean Jacques ^b   De Deyn, Peter P ^b,d   Cruts, Marc ^a,b   Van Broeckhoven, Christine ^a,b   more..

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Hospital Network Antwerp Middelheim and Hoge Beuken   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BELGIUM; BRAIN TISSUE; CAG REPEAT; CHROMOSOME 9P; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; COHORT STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA REPEAT EXPANSION; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; GENETIC LOCI; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 83555166183     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(11)70261-7     Document Type: Article

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