Pedigree with frontotemporal lobar degeneration – motor neuron disease and Tar DNA binding protein-43 positive neuropathology: genetic linkage to chromosome 9

Agnes A Luty^1,2,3 , John BJ Kwok^1,2,3 , Elizabeth M Thompson⁴ , Peter Blumbergs⁵ , William S Brooks^1,2 , Clement T Loy^1,2,3 , Carol Dobson-Stone^1,2 , Peter K Panegyres^6,7 , Jane Hecker⁸ , Garth A Nicholson^9,10 , Glenda M Halliday^1,2 and Peter R Schofield^1,2,3

¹Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia

²University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

³Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia

⁴SA Clinical Genetics Service, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia

⁵Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, SA, Australia

⁶Neurosciences Unit, Department of Health, Perth, WA, Australia

⁷Neurodegenerative Disorders Research, Subiaco, WA, Australia

⁸College Grove Private Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia

⁹Northcott Neuroscience Laboratory, ANZAC Research Institute, Concord Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia

¹⁰Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia