A two-stage genome-wide association study of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1524-1532

  Chiò, Adriano ^a   Schymick, Jennifer C ^b,c   Restagno, Gabriella ^d   Scholz, Sonja W ^b,e   Lombardo, Federica ^d   Lai, Shiao Lin ^b,f   Mora, Gabriele ^b,f   Fung, Hon Chung ^b,f   Britton, Angela ^b   Arepalli, Sampath ^b   Gibbs, J Raphael ^b,e   Nalls, Michael ^b   Berger, Stephen ^b   Kwee, Lydia Coulter ^h   Oddone, Eugene Z ^h,i   Ding, Jinhui ^b   Crews, Cynthia ^b   Rafferty, Ian ^b   Washecka, Nicole ^b   Hernandez, Dena ^b,e   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b   Bandinelli, Stefania ^j   Guralnik, Jack ^b   Macciardi, Fabio ^k   Torri, Federica ^k   Lupoli, Sara ^l   Chanock, Stephen J ^m   Thomas, Gilles ^m   Hunter, David J ^m,n   Gieger, Christian ^o,p   Wichmann, H Erich ^o,p   Calvo, Andrea ^a   Mutani, Roberto ^a   Battistini, Stefania ^q   Giannini, Fabio ^q   Caponnetto, Claudia ^r   Mancardi, Giovanni Luigi ^r   La Bella, Vincenzo ^s   Valentino, Francesca ^s   Monsurrò, Maria Rosaria ^t   Tedeschi, Gioacchino ^t   Marinou, Kalliopi ^g   Sabatelli, Mario ^u   Conte, Amelia ^u   Mandrioli, Jessica ^v   Sola, Patrizia ^v   Salvi, Fabrizio ^w   Bartolomei, Ilaria ^w   Siciliano, Gabriele ^x   Carlesi, Cecilia ^x   Orrell, Richard W ^y   Talbot, Kevin ^c   Simmons, Zachary ^z   Connor, James ^z   Pioro, Erik P ^aa   Dunkley, Travis ^ab   Stephan, Dietrich A ^ab   Kasperaviciute, Dalia ^ac   Fisher, Elizabeth M ^ac   Jabonka, Sibylle ^ad   Sendtner, Michael ^ad   Beck, Marcus ^ad   Bruijn, Lucie ^ae   Rothstein, Jeffrey ^af   Schmidt, Silke ^h   Singleton, Andrew ^b   Hardy, John ^b,e   Traynor, Bryan J ^b,af   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d ASO OIRM Sant'Anna   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g IRCCS   (Italy)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^l SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^m NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁿ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^o INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^t SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^u CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^w BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^x UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^y UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^z PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^aa LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^ab TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^ac UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^ae ALS Association   (United States)

^af JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN HUS1; PROTEIN SUNC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 7P; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 64549117768     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp059     Document Type: Article

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