Potential role of LIF as a modifier gene in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1003-1005

  Giess, Ralf ^a   Beck, M ^a   Goetz, R ^a   Nitsch, R M ^b   Toyka, K V ^a   Sendtner, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ALS; Leukemia inhibitory factor; LIF gene

Indexed keywords

LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0034701007     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.4.1003     Document Type: Article

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