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Genetic counseling for FTD/ALS caused by the C9ORF72 hexanucleotide expansion

Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are related but distinct neurodegenerative diseases. The identification of a hexanucleotide repeat expansion in a noncoding region of the chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 (C9ORF72) gene as a common cause of FTD/ALS, familial...

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Autores principales: Fong, Jamie C, Karydas, Anna M, Goldman, Jill S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3506941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22808918
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/alzrt130