Association of missense and 5′-splice-site mutations in tau with the inherited dementia FTDP-17

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Missense mutationExonTau proteinGeneticsBiologyFrontotemporal dementiaChromosome 17 (human)RNA splicingAlternative splicingspliceNeuropathologyMutationGeneDementiaChromosomeAlzheimer's diseaseRNAMedicineDiseasePathology

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Year: 1998
Type: article
Volume: 393
Issue: 6686
Pages: 702-705
Citations: 3474
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                                    Mike Hutton, 
                                
                                    Corinne Lendon, 
                                
                                    Patrizia Rizzu
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1998). 
                            Association of missense and 5′-splice-site mutations in tau with the inherited dementia FTDP-17. 
                            Nature
                            , 393
                            (6686)
                            , 702-705.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/31508
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/31508