Mutations in neurofilament genes are not a significant primary cause of non-SOD1-mediated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 102-109

  Garcia, Michael L ^a   Singleton, Andrew B ^b   Hernandez, Dena ^b   Ward, Christopher M ^a   Evey, Crystal ^b   Sapp, Peter A ^c   Hardy, John ^b   Brown Jr , Robert H ^c   Cleveland, Don W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ALS; Motor neuron disease; Mutation; Neurofilaments; SOD1

Indexed keywords

DNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTRON; NEUROFILAMENT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; EXONS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTRONS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 29144443951     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2005.06.016     Document Type: Article

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