Prognosis in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Progression and survival in patients with glu100gly and ala4val mutations in Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-57

  Juneja, Tony ^a,b   Pericak Vance, Margaret A ^c   Laing, Nigel G ^d   Dave, Sundeep ^b   Siddique, Teepu ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Australian Neuromuscular Res Inst   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTONEURON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031015422     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.1.55     Document Type: Article

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