Novel FUS deletion in a patient with juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 653-656

  Belzil, Veronique V ^a   Langlais, Jean Sébastien ^a   Daoud, Hussein ^a   Dion, Patrick A ^a,b   Brais, Bernard ^a   Rouleau, Guy A ^a,b,c  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal Research Center ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; FUSED IN SARCOMA PROTEIN; RILUZOLE;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; EXON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; FUS GENE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; JUVENILE AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; MALE; MOTONEURON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOD1 GENE; TARDBP GENE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN FUS; SEQUENCE DELETION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860904002     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2011.2499     Document Type: Article

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