SOD1, ANG, TARDBP and FUS mutations in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A United States clinical testing lab experience

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-222

  Brown, Jeffrey A ^a   Min, Jionghong ^a   Staropoli, John F ^a   Collin, Elisa ^a   Bi, Stephen ^a   Feng, Xin ^a   Barone, Rosemary ^a   Cao, Yi ^a   O'Malley, Lei ^a   Xin, Winnie ^a   Mullen, Thomas E ^a   Sims, Katherine B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Angiogenin (ANG); FUS protein (FUS); Superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1); TAR DNA binding protein (TARDBP)

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; FUS PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TAR DNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYOSITIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN FUS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863067477     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482968.2011.643899     Document Type: Article

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