Biomarkers of disease in a case of familial lower motor neuron ALS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 486-489

  Baumann, Fusun ^a   Rose, Stephen E ^b   Nicholson, Garth A ^c   Hutchinson, Nicole ^a   Pannek, Kerstin ^b   Pettitt, Anthony ^d   McCombe, Pamela A ^b   Henderson, Robert D ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ANZAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ALS; Biomarker; MUNE; SOD1

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION TRACTOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LOWER MOTONEURON DISEASE; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR UNIT; MOTOR UNIT NUMBER ESTIMATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRACTOGRAPHY; UPPER MOTOR NEURON DISEASE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 77956643927     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482961003774428     Document Type: Article

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