Progressive aphasia as the presenting symptom in a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with a novel mutation in the OPTN gene

Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2013 Mar;14(2):138-40. doi: 10.3109/21678421.2012.756525. Epub 2013 Jan 3.

Authors

David Czell¹, Peter M Andersen, Christoph Neuwirth, Mitsuya Morita, Markus Weber

Affiliation

¹ Neuromuscular Diseases Unit/ALS Clinic, Kantonsspital St.Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland. [email protected]

PMID: 23282279
DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2012.756525

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / complications
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / diagnosis*
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / genetics*
Aphasia / diagnosis*
Aphasia / etiology
Aphasia / genetics*
Cell Cycle Proteins
Humans
Male
Membrane Transport Proteins
Middle Aged
Mutation / genetics*
Transcription Factor TFIIIA / genetics*

Substances

Cell Cycle Proteins
Membrane Transport Proteins
OPTN protein, human
Transcription Factor TFIIIA