The occurrence of mutations in FUS in a Belgian cohort of patients with familial ALS

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 754-756

  Damme, P Van ^a,b,c   Goris, A ^b   Race, V ^b   Hersmus, N ^b,c   Dubois, B ^a,b   Van Den Bosch, L ^b,c   Matthijs, G ^b   Robberecht, W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Familial; FUS

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; FUSED IN SARCOMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BELGIUM; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN FUS;

EID: 77950897685     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02859.x     Document Type: Article

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