Different clinical phenotypes of siblings with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis showing Cys146Arg point mutation of superoxide dismutase 1 gene

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-177

  Ito, Kimiko ^a   Uchiyama, Tomoyuki ^a   Fukutake, Toshio ^a   Arai, Kimito ^a   Kanesaka, Toshihide ^a   Hattori, Takamichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cys146Arg; Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Point mutation; Superoxide dismutase gene

Indexed keywords

SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BULBAR PARALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSESTHESIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SOD1 GENE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0036462835     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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