VPS54 genetic analysis in ALS Italian cohort

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Corrado, L ^a   Gagliardi, S ^b   Carlomagno, Y ^a   Mennini, T ^c   Ticozzi, N ^d   Mazzini, L ^e   Silani, V ^d   Cereda, C ^b   D'Alfonso, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e MAGGIORE DELLA CARITÀ HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Flail arm phenotype; Genetic analysis; VPS54

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN VPS54; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTRON; ITALY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTONEURON; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ITALY; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 79952726592     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03260.x     Document Type: Letter

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