Deletions of the heavy neurofilament subunit tail in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-164

  Al Chalabi, Ammar ^a   Andersen, Peter M ^b   Nilsson, Peter ^b   Chioza, Barry ^a   Andersson, Jörgen L ^b   Russ, Carsten ^a   Shaw, Christopher E ^a   Powell, John F ^a   Leigh, P Nigel ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032926368     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/8.2.157     Document Type: Article

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