Repeat expansion in C9ORF72 in Alzheimer's disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-284

  Majounie, Elisa ^a   Abramzon, Yevgeniya ^a   Renton, Alan E ^a   Perry, Rodney ^b   Bassett, Susan S ^c   Pletnikova, Olga ^c   Troncoso, Juan C ^c   Hardy, John ^d   Singleton, Andrew B ^a   Traynor, Bryan J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; PRESENILIN 1; PRESENILIN 2;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CHROMOSOME 9P; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA STRUCTURE; FAMILY STUDY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE MUTATION; HEXANUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; HUMAN; LETTER; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84856132922     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1113592     Document Type: Letter

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