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Published in: Journal of Neurology 8/2012

01-08-2012 | Letter to the Editors

Frontotemporal dementia with psychosis, parkinsonism, visuo-spatial dysfunction, upper motor neuron involvement associated to expansion of C9ORF72: a peculiar phenotype?

Authors: Gianluca Floris, Giuseppe Borghero, Antonino Cannas, Francesca Di Stefano, Emanuela Costantino, Maria R. Murru, Maura Brunetti, Gabriella Restagno, Bryan J. Traynor, Maria G. Marrosu, Adriano Chiò, Francesco Marrosu

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 8/2012

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Title
Frontotemporal dementia with psychosis, parkinsonism, visuo-spatial dysfunction, upper motor neuron involvement associated to expansion of C9ORF72: a peculiar phenotype?
Authors
Gianluca Floris
Giuseppe Borghero
Antonino Cannas
Francesca Di Stefano
Emanuela Costantino
Maria R. Murru
Maura Brunetti
Gabriella Restagno
Bryan J. Traynor
Maria G. Marrosu
Adriano Chiò
Francesco Marrosu
Publication date
01-08-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Journal of Neurology / Issue 8/2012
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6444-3

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