Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is not linked to multiple sclerosis in a population based study

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 940-941

  Van Doormaal, Perry T C ^a   Gallo, Alessandro ^a   Van Rheenen, Wouter ^a   Veldink, Jan H ^a   Van Es, Michael A ^a   Van Den Berg, Leonard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; C9ORF72 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84879924061     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-304864     Document Type: Letter

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