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Familial frontotemporal dementia associated with the novel MAPT mutation T427M

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  1. Division of Neuropathology and Neurology 5, Istituto Nazionale Neurologico Carlo Besta, via Celoria 11, 20133, Milano, Italy

    G. Giaccone, G. Rossi, G. Marcon, G. Di Fede, M. Catania, M. Morbin, O. Bugiani & F. Tagliavini

  2. Division of Neuroradiology, Istituto Nazionale Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy

    L. Farina

  3. Clinica Neurologica 3, Ospedale San Paolo, Milano, Italy

    L. Sacco

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Giaccone, G., Rossi, G., Farina, L. et al. Familial frontotemporal dementia associated with the novel MAPT mutation T427M. J Neurol 252, 1543–1545 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-005-0879-8

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