Sporadic ALS is not associated with VAPB gene mutations in Southern Italy

Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Conforti, Francesca Luisa ^a   Sprovieri, Teresa ^a   Mazzei, Rosalucia ^a   Ungaro, Carmine ^a   Tessitore, Alessandro ^b   Tedeschi, Gioacchino ^b   Patitucci, Alessandra ^a   Magariello, Angela ^a   Gabriele, Annalia ^a   Labella, Vincenzo ^c   Simone, Isabella Laura ^d   Majorana, Giovanni ^e   Monsurrò, Maria Rosaria ^b   Valentino, Paola ^f   Muglia, Maria ^a   Quattrone, Aldo ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SYNAPTOBREVIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRON; ITALY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VAPB GENE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASPARTIC ACID; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; INTRONS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 33745322657     PISSN: 14775751     EISSN: 14775751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-5751-5-7     Document Type: Article

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