Deletions causing spinal muscular atrophy do not predispose to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 710-712

  Parboosingh, Jillian S ^a   Meininger, Vincent ^b   McKenna Yasek, Diane ^c   Brown Jr , Robert H ^c   Rouleau, Guy A ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 0033058289     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.56.6.710     Document Type: Article

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