A missense mutation in the SOD1 gene in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis from the Kii Peninsula and its vicinity, Japan

Neurogenetics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 113-115

  Kikugawa, Koki ^a   Nakano, Ryoichi ^a   Inuzuka, Takashi ^a   Kokubo, Yasumasa ^b   Narita, Yugo ^b   Kuzuhara, Shigeki ^b   Yoshida, Souhei ^c   Tsuji, Shoji ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cn Zn superoxide dismutase; High incidence area; Low penetrance; Mutation; Neurofilament

Indexed keywords

DNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0031215411     PISSN: 13646745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100480050016     Document Type: Article

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