Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with widespread vacuolation and hyaline inclusions

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 871-873

  Sasaki, Shoichi ^a   Ohsawa, Y ^a   Yamane, K ^b   Sakuma, H ^c   Shibata, N ^a   Nakano, R ^d   Kikugawa, K ^d   Mizutani, T ^e   Tsuji, S ^d   Iwata, M ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyushu University   (Japan)

^c OHTA NISHINOUCHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEWY BODY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0031751093     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.3.871     Document Type: Article

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