UBQLN2 mutations are not a frequent cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in ireland

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 267.e9-267.e11

  McLaughlin, Russell Lewis ^a   Kenna, Kevin Patrick ^a   Vajda, Alice ^a   Byrne, Susan ^a   Bradley, Daniel G ^a   Hardiman, Orla ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ALS; Amytrophic lateral sclerosis; Ubiquilin; UBQLN2

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEXANUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; HUMAN; IRELAND; IRISH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UBQLN2 GENE;

ALS; AMYTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; UBIQUILIN; UBQLN2;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; COHORT STUDIES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 84885187185     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.07.023     Document Type: Article

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