A genome-wide association study of sporadic ALS in a homogenous Irish population

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 768-774

  Cronin, Simon ^a   Berger, Stephen ^c   Ding, Jinhui ^d   Schymick, Jennifer C ^c,g   Washecka, Nicole ^c   Hernandez, Dena G ^c   Greenway, Matthew J ^b   Bradley, Daniel G ⁱ   Traynor, Bryan J ^c,e,f,h   Hardiman, Orla ^b,i  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d National Molecular Genetics Unit ^*

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE 6; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; ALLELES; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; IRELAND; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOD SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 39749119374     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm361     Document Type: Article

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