Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with the SOD1 mutations

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 966-969

  Aoki, Masashi ^a   Warita, Hitoshi ^a   Itoyama, Yasuto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Hepatocyte growth factor; Mutation; SOD1; Transgenic rat

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; RECOMBINANT SCATTER FACTOR; SCATTER FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; RAT; SPINAL CORD; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSGENIC RAT; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MUTATION; REVIEW;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MICE; MUTATION; RATS; RATS, TRANSGENIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 63849147187     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.48.966     Document Type: Conference Paper

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