Weighted gene co-expression network analysis of the peripheral blood from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis patients

BMC Genomics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages 405-

  Saris, Christiaan G J ^a   Horvath, Steve ^b,c   van Vught, Paul W J ^a   van Es, Michael A ^a   Blauw, Hylke M ^a   Fuller, Tova F ^b   Langfelder, Peter ^b,c   DeYoung, Joseph ^d   Wokke, John H J ^a   Veldink, Jan H ^a   van den Berg, Leonard H ^a   Ophoff, Roel A ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE NUMBER; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; MIDDLE AGED;

MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, MESSENGER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349570737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-405     Document Type: Article

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