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Rapidly progressive frontotemporal dementia and bulbar amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Portuguese patients with C9orf72 mutation

Catarina ChesterFaculty of Medicine and Instituto de Medicina Molecular, University of Lisbon, Portugal
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Mamede de CarvalhoFaculty of Medicine and Instituto de Medicina Molecular, University of Lisbon, Portugal
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Gabriel MiltenbergerFaculty of Medicine and Instituto de Medicina Molecular, University of Lisbon, Portugal
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Sónia PereiraFaculty of Medicine and Instituto de Medicina Molecular, University of Lisbon, Portugal
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Lubina DillenNeurodegenerative Brain Disease Group, Department of Molecular Genetics, VIB, Antwerp;Institute Born-Bunge, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Julie van der ZeeNeurodegenerative Brain Disease Group, Department of Molecular Genetics, VIB, Antwerp;Institute Born-Bunge, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Christine van BroeckhovenNeurodegenerative Brain Disease Group, Department of Molecular Genetics, VIB, Antwerp;Institute Born-Bunge, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Alexandre de MendonçaFaculty of Medicine and Instituto de Medicina Molecular, University of Lisbon, PortugalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 70-72 | Received 20 Feb 2012, Accepted 29 Apr 2012, Published online: 29 Jun 2012

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