Clinical and genetic analysis of MAPT, GRN, and C9orf72 genes in Korean patients with frontotemporal dementia

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1213.e13-1213.e17

  Kim, Eun Joo ^a   Kwon, Jay C ^b   Park, Kee Hyung ^c   Park, Kyung Won ^d   Lee, Jae Hong ^e   Choi, Seong Hye ^f   Jeong, Jee H ^g   Kim, Byeong C ^h   Yoon, Soo Jin ⁱ   Yoon, Young Chul ^j   Kim, SangYun ^k   Park, Key Chung ^l   Choi, Byung Ok ^m   Na, Duk L ^m   Ki, Chang Seok ^m   Kim, Seung Hyun ⁿ  

^a Pusan National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Changwon Fatima Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Dong A University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Mokdong Hospital   (South Korea)

^h Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

ⁱ Eulji University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^j Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^k Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^l Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^m Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

ⁿ Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

C9orf72; Frontotemporal dementia; GRN; Korean; MAPT; Mutation

Indexed keywords

PROGRANULIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; C9ORF72 GENE; CHROMOSOME 9; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRN GENE; HEXANUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; HUMAN; KOREA; KOREAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAPT GENE; MISSENSE MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

C9ORF72; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GRN; KOREAN; MAPT; MUTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA REPEAT EXPANSION; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROTEINS; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84893740090     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.11.033     Document Type: Article

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