Frequency Of C9Orf72 Repeat Expansions In Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Belgian Cohort Study

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2890.e7-2890.e12

  Debray, Sarah ^a   Race, Valérie ^a   Crabbé, Veerle ^b   Herdewyn, Sarah ^a,b,c   Matthijs, Gert ^a   Goris, An ^a,c   Dubois, Bénédicte ^a,c   Thijs, Vincent ^a,b   Robberecht, Wim ^a,b,c   Van Damme, Philip ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c Leuven Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders (LIND)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; C9orf72; Familial; Sporadic

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; C9ORF72 GENE; CHROMOSOME 9; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; FAMILIAL AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HEXANUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ONSET AGE; OPEN READING FRAME; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; C9ORF72; FAMILIAL; SPORADIC;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BELGIUM; COHORT STUDIES; DNA REPEAT EXPANSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC TESTING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84884159557     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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