A novel SOD1 mutation in an Austrian family with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-116

  Bereznai, Benjamin ^a   Winkler, Andrea ^a   Borasio, Gian Domenico ^a   Gasser, Thomas ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Autosomal dominant inheritance; Mutation; Superoxide dismutase gene

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CHROMOSOME 21; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; EXON; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESTRICTION SITE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; GENES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0030993978     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(96)00419-1     Document Type: Article

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