The complex genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 291-292

  Hardiman, Orla ^a,b   Greenway, Matthew ^b,c  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LETTER; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOMIC LIBRARY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 33847674460     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70062-5     Document Type: Letter

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