Evidence for an oligogenic basis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 3776-3784

  Van Blitterswijk, Marka ^a   Van Es, Michael A ^a   Hennekam, Eric A M ^b   Dooijes, Dennis ^b   Van Rheenen, Wouter ^a   Medic, Jelena ^a   Bourque, Pierre R ^c   Schelhaas, Helenius J ^d   Van der Kooi, Anneke J ^e   De Visser, Marianne ^e   De Bakker, Paul I W ^b,f,g   Veldink, Jan H ^a   van den Berg, Leonard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; FUSED IN SARCOMA PROTEIN; TAR DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 9; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

EID: 84865071988     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds199     Document Type: Article

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