FALS with FUS mutation in Japan, with early onset, rapid progress and basophilic inclusion

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 252-254

  Suzuki, Naoki ^a   Aoki, Masashi ^a   Warita, Hitoshi ^a   Kato, Masaaki ^a   Mizuno, Hideki ^a   Shimakura, Naoko ^a   Akiyama, Tetsuya ^a   Furuya, Hirokazu ^b   Hokonohara, Toshihiro ^c,d   Iwaki, Akiko ^c   Togashi, Shinji ^e   Konno, Hidehiko ^f   Itoyama, Yasuto ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Omuta National Hospital   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^f National Hospital Organization Sendai Nishitaga Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Basophilic inclusion; Fused in sarcoma (FUS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BASOPHIL; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CELL INCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FUSED IN SARCOMA GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SPASTICITY; TEGMENTUM;

AGE OF ONSET; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; JAPAN; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN FUS;

EID: 77951712967     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2010.16     Document Type: Article

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