Lower motor neuron disease caused by a novel FUS/TLS gene frameshift mutation

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2237-2239

  Hara, Makoto ^a   Minami, Masayuki ^a   Kamei, Satoshi ^a   Suzuki, Naoki ^b   Kato, Masaaki ^b   Aoki, Masashi ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FASCICULATION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; FUS TLS GENE; FUSION GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON REFLEX;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PEDIGREE; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN FUS;

EID: 84867329840     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6542-2     Document Type: Letter

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