New genetic mutation is the most common cause of familial forms of frontotemporal dementia and ALS
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 13:30
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have found a genetic abnormality they say is the most common cause of two different but related familial forms of neurodegenerative disease -- frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
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