Identification of novel Angiogenin (ANG) gene missense variants in German patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 256, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1337-1342

  Fernández Santiago, Rubén ^a,b   Hoenig, Sabine ^c   Lichtner, Peter ^d   Sperfeld, Anne Dorte ^c   Sharma, Manu ^a   Berg, Daniela ^a   Weichenrieder, Oliver ^e   Illig, Thomas ^d   Eger, Katharina ^f   Meyer, Thomas ^g   Anneser, Johanna ^h   Münch, Christoph ^g   Zierz, Stephan ^f   Gasser, Thomas ^a   Ludolph, Albert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^g HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Angiogenin; Missense variant

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANGIOGENIN GENE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMANY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANOXIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COHORT STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC;

EID: 68449084458     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5124-4     Document Type: Article

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