C9orf72 mutation is rare in Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson's disease and essential tremor in China

C9orf72 mutation is rare in Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson's disease and essential tremor in China

GGGGCC repeat expansions in the C9orf72 gene have been identified as a major contributing factor in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Given the overlapping of clinical phenotypes and pathological characteristics between these two diseases and Alzhei...

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Main Authors: Bin eJiao, Ji-feng eGuo, Ya-qin eWang, Xin-xiang eYan, Lin eZhou, Xiao-yan eLiu, Fu-feng eZhang, Ya-fang eZhou, Kun eXia, Bei-sha eTang, Lu eShen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Subjects:
Essential Tremor
Parkinson’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease
C9orf72
risk factor
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2013.00164/full

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