Prominent sensory and autonomic disturbances in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with a Gly93Ser mutation in the SOD1 gene

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 82-85

  Kawata, Akihiro ^a   Kato, Shuichi ^a   Hayashi, Hideaki ^b   Hirai, Shunsaku ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cu Zn superoxide dismutase gene; Familial ALS; Mutation; SOD1

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0031458389     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00176-7     Document Type: Article

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