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Clinical, ultrastructural, and molecular studies in a patient with Kufs disease

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Acknowledgments

We thank Dott. Giuliano Tomelleri for providing us with clinical records. This study was funded by European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no. 281234 and by the Italian Ministry of Health. AS and FMS are members of the Rare NCL Gene Consortium (RNGC).

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  1. IRCCS Stella Maris, Pisa, Italy

    Francesca Moro & Filippo M. Santorelli

  2. Department of Neurological and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

    Floriana Gismondi, Francesco Pezzini & Alessandro Simonati

  3. Neurology (Child Neurology and Psychiatry) and Neuropathology, Policlinico GB Rossi, Piazzale LA Scuro 1, 37134, Verona, Italy

    Alessandro Simonati

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Moro, F., Gismondi, F., Pezzini, F. et al. Clinical, ultrastructural, and molecular studies in a patient with Kufs disease. Neurol Sci 35, 605–607 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-013-1587-2

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