Clinical characteristics of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase gene mutations

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 108-116

  Abe, K ^a   Aoki, M ^a   Ikeda, M ^b   Watanabe, M ^b   Hirai, S ^b   Itoyama, Y ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Familial; The Cu Zn SOD gene

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029983886     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(95)00314-R     Document Type: Article

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