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The Speech and Language FOXP2 Gene Modulates the Phenotype of Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

2010; IOS Press; Volume: 22; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3233/jad-2010-101206

1875-8908

Alessandro Padovani, Maura Cosseddu, Enrico Premi, Silvana Archetti, Alice Papetti, Chiara Agosti, Barbara Bigni, Carlo Cerini, Barbara Paghera, Giuseppe Bellelli, Barbara Borroni,

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

The FOXP2 gene is mutated in a severe monogenic form of speech and language deficits, but no study on the influence of genetic variations within FOXP2 in neurological disorders characterized by language impairment is available yet. In the present stu