Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Molecular pathology of a patient with a SOD1 mutation

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1612-1616

  Shaw, C E ^a,b   Enayat, Z E ^a   Powell, J F ^b   Anderson, V E R ^a   Radunovic, A ^a   Al Sarraj, S ^b   Leigh, P N ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CODON; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROFILAMENT; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031456315     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.6.1612     Document Type: Article

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