Phenotypic heterogeneity in a SOD1 G93D Italian ALS family: An example of human model to study a complex disease

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-30

  Penco, Silvana ^a   Lunetta, Christian ^a   Mosca, Lorena ^a   Maestri, Eleonora ^a   Avemaria, Francesca ^a   Tarlarini, Claudia ^a   Patrosso, Maria Cristina ^a   Marocchi, Alessandro ^a   Corbo, Massimo ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complex disease; FALS; Genetic variations; Human model; SOD1 mutation

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNICITY; EXON; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ITALIAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 79955913593     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-010-9480-4     Document Type: Article

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