Selective Genetic Overlap Between Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Diseases of the Frontotemporal Dementia Spectrum
Author(s) -
Celeste M. Karch,
Natalie Wen,
Chun Chieh Fan,
Jennifer S. Yokoyama,
Naomi Kouri,
Owen A. Ross,
Günter U. Höglinger,
Ulrich Müller,
Raffaele Ferrari,
John Hardy,
Daniela Berg,
Patrick Sleiman,
Parastoo Momeni,
Christopher P. Hess,
Bruce L. Miller,
Manu Sharma,
Vivianna M. Van Deerlin,
Olav B. Smeland,
Ole A. Andreassen,
Anders M. Dale,
Rahul S. Desikan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jama neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.298
H-Index - 231
eISSN - 2168-6157
pISSN - 2168-6149
DOI - 10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.0372
Subject(s) - c9orf72 , frontotemporal dementia , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , progressive supranuclear palsy , corticobasal degeneration , frontotemporal lobar degeneration , genetics , disease , dementia , medicine , neuroscience , psychology , biology , pathology
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by loss of upper and lower motor neurons. Although novel ALS genetic variants have been identified, the shared genetic risk between ALS and other neurodegenerative disorders remains poorly understood.
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