A novel two-base mutation in the Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase gene associated with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Japan

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 79-82

  Morita, Mitsuya ^a,c   Aoki, Masashi ^a   Abe, Koji ^a   Hasegawa, Takafumi ^a   Sakuma, Ryo ^a   Onodera, Yoshiaki ^a   Ichikawa, Nobumichi ^b   Nishizawa, Masatoyo ^c   Itoyama, Yasuto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sendai Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Gene; Mutation; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030052392     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12378-8     Document Type: Article

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