Loss of <i>TBK1</i> is a frequent cause of frontotemporal dementia in a Belgian cohort

Ilse Gijselinck, Sara Van Mossevelde, Julie van der Zee, Anne Sieben, Stéphanie Philtjens, Bavo Heeman, Sebastiaan Engelborghs, Mathieu Vandenbulcke, Greet De Baets, Veerle Bäumer,

Neurology · 2015 · 170 citations · 31 references

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Abstract

TBK1 LOF mutations are the third most frequent cause of clinical FTD in the Belgian clinically based patient cohort, after C9orf72 and GRN, and the second most common cause of clinical ALS after C9orf72. These findings reinforce that FTD and ALS belong to the same disease continuum.

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