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Absence of pathogenic mutations in presenilin homologue 2 in a conclusively 17-linked tau-negative dementia family

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We acknowledge C. Ponting and K. Davies for sharing their data on PSH2 before publication. We acknowledge the VIB Genetic Service Facility (http://www.vibgeneticservicefacility.be/) for the genetic analyses. The research was funded by the Special Research Fund of the University of Antwerp, the Fund for Scientific Research Flanders (FWO-F), the InterUniversity Attraction Poles program P5/19 of the Federal Office of Scientific, Technical, and Cultural Affairs, the International Alzheimer Research Foundation, and The Medical Foundation Queen Elisabeth, Belgium, The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), and the Alzheimer Association USA. R.R. is a PhD fellow and M.C. a postdoctoral fellow of the FWO-F.

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  1. Department of Molecular Genetics, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium

    R. Rademakers, M. Van den Broeck, C. van Duijn, C. Van Broeckhoven & M. Cruts

  2. Genetic Epidemiology Group, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    K. Sleegers & C. van Duijn

  3. Department of Molecular Genetics (VIB8), Neurogenetics Group, University of Antwerp (Campus UIA), Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerpen, Belgium

    M. Cruts

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Rademakers, R., Van den Broeck, M., Sleegers, K. et al. Absence of pathogenic mutations in presenilin homologue 2 in a conclusively 17-linked tau-negative dementia family. Neurogenetics 5, 79–80 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10048-003-0162-z

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