Devi, Gayatria, Fotiou, Alexandra, Jyrinji, Darlene, Tycko, Benjamin, DeArmand, Steve, Rogaeva, Ekaterina, Song, You-Quiang, Medeiros, Helena, Liang, Yan, Orlacchio, Antonio, Williamson, Jennifer, St George-Hyslop, Peter and Mayeux, Richard (2000) Novel presenilin 1 mutations associated with early onset of dementia in a family with both early-onset and late-onset Alzheimer disease. Archives of neurology, 57 (10). pp. 1454-1457. ISSN 0003-9942
Abstract
Two children of an adult with early-onset, autopsy-confirmed Alzheimer disease (AD) developed dementia in their late 20s and were subsequently found to have novel mutations in codon 434 of the presenilin 1 (PS1) gene on chromosome 14, a G-to-T substitution at nucleotide 1548 and a C-to-G substitution at nucleotide 1549. The younger of the 2 children had AD confirmed at postmortem examination. The disease course in these 3 individuals was characterized by cognitive and behavioral problems accompanied by myoclonus, seizures, and aphasia within 5 years after onset. Two grandparents had clinically diagnosed AD with stroke beginning at ages 78 and 66 years, but neither had a PS1 mutation. No other living family member was demented, nor did any other family member have the PS1 mutation. We conclude that the affected parent of the proband was a likely recent founder for these novel mutations in PS1. The family demonstrates the clinical and genetic heterogeneity of AD.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://archneur.ama-assn.org/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2000 American Medical Association |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/15161/ |
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