"True" sporadic ALS associated with a novel SOD-1 mutation

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 680-683

  Alexander, Michael D ^a,b   Traynor, Bryan J ^a,b   Miller, Nicole ^c   Corr, Bernie ^a   Frost, Eithne ^d   McQuaid, Shirley ^b   Brett, Francesca M ^a   Green, Andrew ^b,e   Hardiman, Orla ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d Irish Motor Neuron Dis Association   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; LIGAND; ZINC;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 0036828798     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10369     Document Type: Article

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