CGG-repeat expansion in FMR1 is not associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1852.e1-1852.e3

  Groen, Ewout J N ^a,b   van Rheenen, Wouter ^a   Koppers, Max ^a,b   van Doormaal, Perry T C ^a   Vlam, Lotte ^a   Diekstra, Frank P ^a   Dooijes, Dennis ^a   Pasterkamp, R Jeroen ^b   Van den Berg, Leonard H ^a   Veldink, Jan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1); Repeat expansion disease

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FMR1 GENE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION 1 GENE; GENE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; AGED; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

FMR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861891366     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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