The P413L chromogranin B variation in French patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 210-214

  Blasco, Hélène ^a,b   Corcia, Philippe ^a,c   Veyrat Durebex, Charlotte ^b   Coutadeur, Cathleen ^b   Fournier, Clémentine ^b   Camu, William ^d   Gordon, Paul ^e   Praline, Julien ^a,c   Andres, Christian R ^a,b   Vourc'h, Patrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b Université de Tours   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^d GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Northern Navajo Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; chromogranin; High Resolution DNA Melting; P413L variation; risk factor for ALS

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN B;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPORADIC AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; CHROMOGRANIN B; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955776758     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482968.2010.522587     Document Type: Article

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