Analysis of the UNC13A gene as a risk factor for sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 516-517

  Daoud, Hussein ^a   Belzil, Véronique ^a   Desjarlais, Anne ^a   Camu, William ^b   Dion, Patrick A ^a   Rouleau, Guy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; FRANCE; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNC13A GENE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; COHORT STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77950911526     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.46     Document Type: Article

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