Difficulties in distinguishing sporadic from familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 810-812

  Orrell, Richard W ^a,b   Habgood, James ^a   Rudge, Peter ^c   Lane, Russell J M ^b   De Belleroche, Jackie S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0029945513     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410390620     Document Type: Article

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