C9orf72 Hexanucleotide Repeat Analysis in Cases with Pathologically Confirmed Dementia with Lewy Bodies.

CONCLUSION: Our data illustrate that C9orf72 screening of clinically diagnosed DLB patients should only be considered in cases with a family history of motor neuron disease or frontotemporal dementia to distinguish between mimic diseases. PMID: 27241037 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Neuro-Degenerative Diseases - May 30, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Geiger JT, Arthur KC, Dawson TM, Rosenthal LS, Pantelyat A, Albert M, Hillis AE, Crain B, Pletnikova O, Troncoso JC, Scholz SW Tags: Neurodegener Dis Source Type: research