Editorial: Another gene for ALS: Mutations in sporadic cases and the rare variant hypothesis

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1172-1173

  Talbot, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TAR DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; EDITORIAL; FAMILY HISTORY; FUSED IN SARCOMA GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSLATED IN LIPOSARCOMA GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; MUTATION; NOTE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN FUS;

EID: 70350142404     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181bd1161     Document Type: Editorial

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