SOD1A4V-mediated ALS: Absence of a closely linked modifier gene and origination in Asia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 430, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 241-245

  Broom, W J ^a   Johnson, D V ^a   Auwarter, K E ^a   Iafrate, A J ^a   Russ, C ^a   Al Chalabi, A ^b   Sapp, P C ^a,c   McKenna Yasek, D ^a   Andersen, P M ^d   Brown Jr , R H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Founder effect; Genetic; Haplotypes; Heredity; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; SURVIVAL RATE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASIA; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 38049017916     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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