Association between centromeric deletions of the SMN gene and sporadic adult-onset lower motor neuron disease

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 640-644

  Moulard, Bruno ^a   Salachas, François ^c   Chassande, Bénédicte ^c   Briolotti, Valerie ^b   Meininger, Vincent ^c   Malafosse, Alain ^d   Camu, William ^b,e  

^a Institute of Biology   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Biochimie Genetique   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Hôpital Belle Idèe   (Switzerland)

^e GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CENTROMERE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0031958077     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410430513     Document Type: Article

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