IsSIGMAR1a confirmed FTD/MND gene?

Dear Sir,Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and the related condition motor neuron disease (MND) can have a genetic component to their aetiology. The genes reported causing these diseases have been identified using classical genetic linkage but more recently the use of genome-wide association studies, exome sequencing and next generation DNA sequencing technologies have accelerated the pace at which genes are identified and reported. We read with great interest the recent publication in Brain of Bernard-Marissal …