Novel compound heterozygous als2 mutations cause juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Japan

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2124-2126

  Shirakawa, K ^a   Suzuki, H ^a   Ito, M ^b   Kono, S ^a   Uchiyama, T ^b   Ohashi, T ^b   Miyajima, H ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALS2 GENE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 73349122300     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c67be0     Document Type: Article

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