Clinical characteristics of SOD1 gene mutations in UK families with ALS

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 169, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 56-60

  Orrell, Richard W ^a   Habgood, James J ^a   Malaspina, Andrea ^a   Mitchell, John ^a   Greenwood, Juliet ^a   Lane, Russell J M ^a   Debelleroche, Jackie S ^a  

^a Division Psychology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Genetics; Motor neuron disease; SOD1; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

DNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0032692608     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00216-6     Document Type: Article

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