Sequence variants in human neurofilament proteins: Absence of linkage to familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 603-610

  Vechio, Janet D ^a   Bruijn, Lucie I ^a   Xu, Zuoshang ^b   Brown Jr , Robert H ^c   Cleveland, Don W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AXONS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0029970685     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410400410     Document Type: Article

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