Heterozygous R1101K mutation of the DCTN1 gene in a family with ALS and FTD

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 777-780

  Münch, Christoph ^a,b   Rosenbohm, Angela ^b   Sperfeld, Anne Dorte ^b   Uttner, Ingo ^b   Reske, Sven ^b   Krause, Bernd J ^b   Sedlmeier, Reinhard ^c   Meyer, Thomas ^d   Hanemann, Clemens O ^b   Stumm, Gabriele ^c   Ludolph, Albert C ^b  

^a Jewish Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c Ingenium Pharmaceuticals AG   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; DYNACTIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DCTN1 GENE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARGININE; DEMENTIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYSINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION;

EID: 27644558934     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20631     Document Type: Article

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