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Kishore R Kumar1, Merrilee Needham, Kym Mina, Mark Davis, Janice Brewer, Christopher Staples, Karl Ng, Carolyn M Sue, Frank L Mastaglia.
Abstract
We report the first Australian families with inclusion-body myopathy, Paget's disease of the bone and frontotemporal dementia (IBMPFD). The clinical characteristics of the two pedigrees are described including a previously undescribed phenotypic feature of pyramidal tract dysfunction in one family member. A novel mutation in the valosin-containing protein (VCP) gene (p.Arg155Leu) was found in one family while the other family had a previously reported mutation (p.Leu198Trp). Our findings broaden the phenotypic spectrum of IBMPFD and further emphasise the resemblance to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in some cases. 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20335036 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2010.03.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuromuscul Disord ISSN: 0960-8966 Impact factor: 4.296