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ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 1, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/2051-5960-1-50
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease; Genetics; C9ORF72
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- Alzheimers Research UK
- Alzheimer's Society
- Manchester Brain Bank under Brains for Dementia Research (BDR) initiative
- MRC
- Wellcome Trust
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Background: We have sought histological evidence, using TDP-43 and p62 immunohistochemistry, for the presence of expansions in C9ORF72 among 200 patients with pathologically confirmed AD. Results: We noted TDP-43 pathological changes in hippocampus and temporal cortex in 45 (22.5%) of these patients, but did not detect any cases where p62 positive changes in hippocampus and cerebellum, considered pathognomic for C9ORF72 expansions, were present. Conclusion: We conclude that expansions in C9ORF72 associated with AD are a rare occurrence, and in those instances in the literature where these have been reported, the presence of AD may in fact be coincidental and unrelated to the expansion.
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