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A microdeletion in Alzheimer’s disease disrupts NAMPT gene

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This work was supported by FAPESP grant CR (2009/00898-1) and DV was supported by FAPESP PhD fellowship (2010/15503-0). We thank the Brazilian Aging Brain Study Group for providing DNA samples.

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  1. Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão 277, 05508-090, São Paulo, Brazil

    DARINE VILLELA & CARLA ROSENBERG

  2. Israel Institute for Teaching and Research Albert Einstein, Avenida Albert Einstein 627, 05652-900, São Paulo, Brazil

    DAVID SCHLESINGER

  3. Brazilian Aging Brain Study Group - LIM22, Department of Pathology, University of São Paulo Medical School, Avenida Doutor Arnaldo 455, 01246-000, São Paulo, Brazil

    CLAUDIA K. SUEMOTO & LEA T. GRINBERG

  4. Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, 675 Nelson Rising Lane, P.O. Box 1207, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA

    LEA T. GRINBERG

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Villela D., Schlesinger D., Suemoto C. K., Grinberg L. T. and Rosenberg C. 2014 A microdeletion found in Alzheimer’s disease patient disrupts NAMPT gene. J. Genet. 93, xx–xx

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VILLELA, D., SCHLESINGER, D., SUEMOTO, C.K. et al. A microdeletion in Alzheimer’s disease disrupts NAMPT gene. J Genet 93, 535–537 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-014-0399-3

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