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Rapidly Progressive Dementia in a Chinese Patient due to C9ORF72 Mutation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Nagaendran Kandiah
Affiliation:
National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore
Pheth Sengdy
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Email: hsiung@mail.ubc.ca
Ian R. A. Mackenzie
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Email: hsiung@mail.ubc.ca
Ging-Yuek R. Hsiung
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Email: hsiung@mail.ubc.ca
Mariely DeJesus-Hernandez
Affiliation:
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Rosa Rademakers
Affiliation:
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2012

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