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We thank Monica Castanedes-Casey, Linda Rousseau, and Virginia Phillips for technical support. This work was supported by P50 AG16574, P50 NS072187, P01 AG14359 and U51 CK000309.
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Cannon, A., Bieniek, K.F., Lin, WL. et al. Concurrent variably protease-sensitive prionopathy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Acta Neuropathol 128, 313–315 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-014-1309-8
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